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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Sermon: Friendship, refugees, asylum seekers, and a birthday
In the story of David and Jonathan, as in the story of Ruth and Naomi, we see that Jesus’ ancestors valued friendship as highly as Jesus himself did. We are called to follow in the footsteps of them all, and be friends with people across the barriers of age and birthplace and tradition. Continue reading
Reflection: Two and a half days in to the Ration Challenge
Two and a half days in I am not hungry, or feeling deprived at all. But I am feeling a little bored at my menu choices. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Reflection
Tagged Act for Peace, Food, Ration Challenge, Refugee Week
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Sermon: Be afraid, be very afraid. Jesus and family values
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church Pentecost 2, 7th of June 2015 Mark 3:20-35 Be afraid, be very afraid. After the joy of the Easter season, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday, the church is now in ‘Ordinary Time’ and this year that … Continue reading
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Tagged demonic possession, family, Mark 3:20-35, Pentecost 2, Year of Mark
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Sermon: The Trinity is a celebration; not a maths problem
I hope this is giving you a sense of why the doctrine of the Trinity excites me. (Yes, I am the sort of geek who gets excited by theological doctrines.) Continue reading
The Act for Peace Ration Challenge
3,500 g of rice; 280 g of split peas; 250 g of fortified flour; 155 g of fish; 40 g of salt and 125 ml of vegetable oil Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Reflection
Tagged Act for Peace, Burma, fund-raising, Ration Challenge
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Sermon: We are never left alone
Without the Spirit, as Ezekiel saw, existence is just flesh and blood: ‘there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them’. But with God’s spirit, there is life. And there is nowhere, no time, and no situation that can keep God’s Spirit away from God’s people. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Acts 2:1-21, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Holy Spirit, John 15:26-27, Pentecost, Year of Mark
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Sermon: Friendship
And yet if any form of relationship can be described as particularly Christian, as the specific way that Christians live out our lives, it’s not marriage. It’s friendship. Continue reading
Sermon: The sons and daughters of the eunuch
But welcoming eunuchs doesn’t cause of much controversy in the church today. Welcoming other people of non-standard genders and sexualities – gay, lesbian and bisexual people; transgender and intersex people – does. Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 8:26-40, Easter 5, Ethiopian eunuch, Eunuchs, GLBTI, Holiness Code, homosexuality, intersexuality, Tony Briffa, Year of Mark
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Reflection: Killing people is wrong
It does not matter if Australia is racist and hypocritical, that still does not justify the judicial murder that is the death penalty. Continue reading
Posted in Reflection
Tagged #bali9, #deathpenalty, ANZAC Day, asylum seekers, death, ethics, morality
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Sermon: Love in truth and action, not word or speech
Sermon for Williamstown 26th of April 2015 John 10:11-18; 1 John 3:16-24 Earlier this week, on the ABC program Q&A, Australia’s Trade Minister, Andrew Robb, argued that Muslim clerics weren’t doing enough to prevent the radicalisation of Muslim youth. He … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John 3:16-24, Apostle John, Good Shepherd Sunday, John 10:11-18, Justice, Poverty, Year of Mark
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