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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Submission: Religious Freedom
As a minister and member of the Uniting Church I am committed to the recognition and protection of all human rights. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism
Tagged faith, Human rights, marriage equality, Politics, Religion, same-sex marriage
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Sermon: Birth; Death; Stars
… In the words of Hugo it is ‘the straight line of the soul broken by the presence of God’. That’s the terrifying message of the Epiphany, that in this Birth we see the Death of so many things that we think we need … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Epiphany, Javert, Journey of the Magi, Les Misérables, Matthew 2:1-12, stars, T.S.Eliot, Victor Hugo
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Sermon: God as one of us
‘Christmas day: Our Goose pye was eat with great approbation and in the Evening all hands were as Drunk as our forefathers usd to be upon the like occasion’. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Christmas, Holidays, Incarnation, J.S.Manifold, Maureen Watson, Poetry, Scotland
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Sermon: Mary the Magnificent
There’s no doubt that Mary and Jesus are mother and son; both of them are radical re-makers of the world. Neither of them is particularly meek and mild. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Advent 4, Christmas, Colm Toibin, Gospel according to Luke, Justice, Luke 1:39-55, Magnificat, Mary, Roman Catholic Church
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Sermon: Can we speak of Joy after the Royal Commission?
Hope and joy come from God’s love of justice. And so we know that God was at work in the Royal Commission, as God is at work in every human endeavour that strives for peace and wholeness. Continue reading
Marriage Equality passes the Senate
We could almost have been the start of a joke: an Anglican priest, a Baptist pastor, and two Uniting Church ministers walk into Parliament House … Continue reading
Sermon: Religious freedom
Any Christian who claims that they should be free to reject people rather than to welcome them, and to deny them service rather than to serve, is not following Christ. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Christ the King, judgement, love, Matthew 25:31-46, religious freedom, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Worshipping false gods
Every time Christians gather together to worship is a ‘family service’ even if the worshipping community is made up entirely of unrelated single people all over the age of ninety. Continue reading
Sermon: Sinners and Saints
We’re all in this together; all of us sinners saved only by the grace of God. We’re comrades in human solidarity, recognising in each other the same faults and failings that we find in ourselves. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged 1 John 3:1-3, 1 John 4:7-12, Calvinism, Christian perfection, Evangelicalism, John Calvin, John Wesley, Matthew 5:1-12, Methodism, Pietism, Reformation, Total depravity
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For the newsletter: Let your light shine
Have you heard of ‘virtue signalling? The British journalist and author James Bartholomew claims to have coined it in The Spectator in 2015 after realising that Victorians gave much more to charity than contemporary British people do. He says that … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Reflection
Tagged charity, Christmas, Christmas Bowl, do-gooders, giving, Uniting, virtue signalling, wowsers
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