5th February 2023 (Epiphany 5) “Salt and Light”
Scholars of non-violence, say it only takes 2% of the population to make a change in society. How we live our lives can bring out the best in our community.
Miriam Pepper is a social researcher and environmentalist living on Gadigal land. She is a long-standing member of Uniting Eco Group, a coalition of UCA members within the NSW.ACT Synod who encourage one another, and others in the Uniting Church, to ecological action and reflection. She currently serves as the treasurer at South Sydney Uniting Church in Redfern-Waterloo.
Scholars of non-violence, say it only takes 2% of the population to make a change in society. How we live our lives can bring out the best in our community.
In this reading the Devil is personified and speaks clearly in Human language.
The temptations of Jesus talk
clearly about satisfying hunger, using power to influence, keeping safe
from harm.
May our practices in Lent give us wisdom and draw us closer to God and his/her creation and purposes.