Reflection for Sunday, 16 November 2025 Luke 21:5–19 — “The Stones That Will Not Stand” ( with a word on this week’s vandalism at Ballarat’s Anglican Cathedral ) Every year, as we move toward the deep-blue hush of Advent , the lectionary hands us a reading designed not to soothe but to wake us. Luke 21 does not arrive politely. It comes like a cold southerly across Saint Dunstan's House in Mount Egerton — bracing, unsettling, and utterly determined to get our attention. Jesus stands before the Temple , the pride of a nation, the very anchor of religious identity, and declares that not one stone will remain upon another . It is a jolt. We prefer our temples — literal and figurative — to stand firm. Yet the Gospel refuses to sugar-coat reality: even our most cherished structures are fragile. And this week, we have seen that fragility up close. (link to article in the Ballarat Courier) In Ballarat, an act of vandalism struck the Anglican Cathedral — fire set to the...
Kevin writes from the perspective of being an Englishmen in rural Australia. His interests and activities include - but are not limited to - health - Integrative Medicine including LLLT/PBM, inclusive theology, liturgical music and choral direction, writing (fiction, poetry and opinion pieces) and the local rural community.