In her Pentecost 18 sermon Denise Kelsall reflects on our journey through life and need for self-reflection. "We grow up and life bites and kisses, satisfies and infuriates, challenges and stabs, and along the way we find out a bit about ourselves. Quite a lot if it is our intention to live what is called the “examined life.” We learn that not everybody is like us and that they can do mean and horrible things that hurt us, make us cry and we never want to see them again, and maybe we dream that something really awful will happen to them. Then they’ll be sorry! Good job – they had it coming we might think secretly." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=453&id=878.