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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Sermon: The greater righteousness (2)
Matthew’s story is a story of social conventions being overturned and of mercy outweighing merely-legal righteousness. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Advent, Advent 4, Matthew 1:18-25, Righteousness, sin, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: The greater righteousness (1)
it is the story of a righteousness that doesn’t stand on the letter of the law, but instead offers justice and mercy and faith Continue reading
The Joy of Giving at Christmas (and I’m serious about that title)
I may pretend I’m a ‘Bah! Humbug!’ Scrooge, but, really, I’m the Scrooge who wakes up on Christmas morning and goes on a massive shopping spree. Continue reading
Sermon: ‘Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise’
Sixteen-year-old me wanted to be Enjolras and take to the barricades. Forty-three-year-old me prays that God will enable me to live like an elderly bishop who can welcome and forgive a thief who steals his silver. Continue reading
Posted in Addictions, Books, Sermons
Tagged Advent, Isaiah 2:1-5, Les Misérables, Matthew 24:36-44, Parousia, Romans 13:11-14
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Sermon: Responding to the American Presidential Election
But what I have never done before is talked about a particular politician. That’s the line I’m crossing today. Today I’m going to talk about the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Sermons
Tagged Donald Trump, Isaiah 65:17-25, Justice, new creation, Peace, Politics, Year of Luke
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Sermon: Humility is not always a virtue
… there are many people who, far from being proud, lack even an appropriate self-esteem … Continue reading
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Tagged humility, Joel 2:23-34, Luke 18:9-14, mental health, mental illness, pride, Year of Luke
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Prayer of Confession for the Depressed
“Do not fear. I have redeemed you.
I have called you by name. You are mine”. Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy
Tagged faith, Luke 18:9-14, mental health, mental illness, prayer, Prayer of Confession, Religion, sexuality
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Reflecting on my mental health or lack thereof
the most horrible symptom of depression that I experience is my feeling that I am useless and worthless and that the people who love me would be better off without me Continue reading
Posted in Reflection
Tagged depression, faith, mental health, mental illness, prayer, Religion, suicide, World Mental Health Day
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Prayer of Confession and Lament in Response to the Massacre in Orlando
… without every single one of us your rainbow shines less bright. Continue reading
Posted in Reflection
Tagged lament, Prayer of Confession, sexuality, uniting church in australia, Year of Luke
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From the thesis: The Church and the Law
From the late nineteen sixties the predecessors of the Uniting Church called for the decriminalisation of male homosexuality, and in the eighties and nineties the leadership of the Uniting Church supported the addition of sexuality to the prohibited grounds of discrimination in equal opportunity legislation. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Random Musings, Reflection
Tagged history, homosexuality, law, thesis, uniting church in australia
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