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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Message to the Muslim Community
We rejoice that we live in a multi-cultural and multi-faith community … Continue reading
Sermon: God’s motherly love
In times of difficulty, post-Royal Commission, during congregational change, grieving the Christchurch massacre, as we walk with Jesus on the road to his death during Lent, we can rely on the God who loves us as a mother and protects us as a hen protects her chicks Continue reading
Sermon for Carlynne’s Ordination
Carlynne, it is absolutely vital that you preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in opposition to the deadly hatred we see spewed by so many. Continue reading
Prayer for Christchurch
Help us to recognise racism and white supremacy in all its forms and to repudiate it utterly. Continue reading
Why the Uniting Church should be louder about its LGBTIQ inclusion
There is evidence to suggest that being louder about the fact that the Uniting Church unconditionally welcomes LGBTIQ people as members, ordains LGBTIQ people as ministers, and allows same-sex couples to be married in churches, is just good advertising. Continue reading
Reflection on the sexual abuse of children
As a minister I am aware of how much respect ordained people are given by our communities, and for abusers to have misused that utterly appals me. Continue reading
Sermon: Imitating God
We are to love our enemies because they too are God’s beloved; we are to do good to those who hate us because they share our humanity; we are to bless those who curse us because they are created from the same dust as us; we are to pray for those who abuse us because they, like us, will one day die and be judged by Jesus. Continue reading
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Tagged Gospel according to Luke, Joseph, love, Luke 6:17-26, Sermon on the Plain, Year of Luke
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Sermon: The value of a human life
This is not because the poor are worthy and deserving and so will be rewarded in heaven. Jesus is not doing a Scott Morrison and saying that ‘there is a fair go for those who have a go’. Continue reading
Sermon: The Glory of God
These three stories of encounters with the absolute holiness of God, which all emphasise the feelings of unworthiness of the humans to whom they happen, end, somewhat paradoxically, with calls to mission and ministry. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, American Evangelicalism, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, call to ministry, Glory, Isaiah, Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 5:1-11, Year of Luke
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