Worship Reflections from November 2025
30 November Advent 1
Our hope in the dark: Being left behind with Jesus MUC Fellowship@10, 30 November 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Matthew 24:36-44 A mix up of metaphors on sleeping and waking, taking and leaving, and hoping against hope in the dark. But first, a story. My friend came home from school one day and found the house empty. His mother was visiting with the neighbour, but my friend didn’t know that. He walked around that empty house calling, ‘Mum? Mu-um!! MUM!!!’…
23 November 2025
The visible image of God Fellowship@10, 23 November 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Colossians 1:11-20 & Luke 23:33-43 Whenever I hear Colossians or pretty much any of Paul’s letters, my brain has a tendency to shut down. ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah,’ I think or maybe, ‘Yeah, nah,’ as I impatiently wait for the gospel reading. Why? Because Paul’s letters are packed with political and cultural references that we all too often miss. So we talk about them using formal theological terms…
16 November 2025
The city of joy MUC@2pm: Con’s Induction, 16 November 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Isaiah 65:17-25 A city of joy, its people a delight: this is what God promises through the prophet Isaiah. It sounds wonderful! So, what are the elements of this joyful city? First, says Isaiah, health and wellbeing. No child will die young; no senior die prematurely (Isaiah 65:20). And we can imagine it. In this city, the air is clean, and the soil and waters, too.…
9 November 2025
Resurrection now! MUC Family@10, 9 November 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Luke 20:27-38 If you’re a fan of the musician Bon Iver, perhaps you know he takes his stage name from the greeting shared in the quirky tv show, Northern Exposure. Bon hiver! Good winter! In the show, a young urban Jewish doctor is sent to small town Alaska to pay off his medical tuition. There he encounters all sorts of eccentric inhabitants, including Maggie. Maggie’s a bush pilot whose…