Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Sermon: Faith that is alive
The gospels are rife with examples of Jesus’ care for the poor and for those whom society considered outsiders. Because we have this example of Christ’s to follow, Christians are different from other people in our attitude to money. Continue reading
(Not A) Sermon: Beginning the Letter of James
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church 2nd of September, Pentecost 15 James 1:17-27 For the next month we are going to be reading our way through the Letter of James, attributed to James, the brother of Jesus, and addressed to ‘the … Continue reading
Reflection: Notes from 20 years of the Uniting Church’s sexuality debate
I remember that moment and the Presbytery’s unanimous, unquestioning endorsement. Continue reading
Reflection: Marriage for Eureka Street
I wrote something for Eureka Street. You can read it here. Enjoy.
Sermon: Aren’t there times when you just want to punch Hitler?
I can remember the shock and fear I felt watching an ABC documentary that screened in 2000, so well within my adult life, about the bashing of gay men in Townsville. One young man said, ‘I’m a Catholic. It’s meant to be a woman with a man, not a man with a man. That’s sick. That’s hitting material’. Continue reading
Sermon: Scarcity, Abundance, and ‘Enoughness’
We are not God, we are not called to be God, and so just as we are, we are good enough, perfect enough, powerful enough, strong enough, extraordinary enough. Continue reading
Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper, has many symbolic and spiritual meanings, but it is also always about feeding the world’s hungry. Continue reading
Reflection: My chains fell off, my heart was free
I am proud of the Uniting Church and of every member of the Assembly who discerned a way forward with grace and humility. Continue reading
Sermon: Kindred in unity
I believe that we will be able to live together in unity as kindred. That is not naïve optimism. It is faith based on what God has managed to do in the past. Continue reading
Assembly Working Group on Doctrine response to Prof James Haire
Prof Haire’s response to the Report reveals a superficial and selective reading and, at times, a misreading or misrepresentation of its content. Continue reading
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