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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Speech: #BustTheBudget
We’re not a country divided into lifters and leaners. We’re a community of neighbours who care for each other. At least, that’s the Australia I want to be part of.
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Sermon: A test Abraham failed?
Sermon for Williamstown Sunday the 29th of June, 2014 Genesis 22:1-14 What on earth can we do with today’s reading from the book of Genesis, the Akedah or binding of Isaac? The Revised Common Lectionary, which leaves out other stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, child sacrifice, children, Genesis 22:1-14, Isaac, Sermon, Year of Matthew
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Sermon; When life is utterly unfair …
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church 15th of June, 2014 Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 One of the things that I love most about being a minister is that as part of that role people include me in the most important moments … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, creation story, death, Genesis 1:1-2:4a, ministry, Psalm 8, sermons, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: We’re all on a journey
I have lots and lots of books with maps inside the front cover. Maps of Middle-Earth, Pern, Britain in the time of King Arthur; maps of the kingdoms of the Alorns and Angaraks, of Narnia, of Discworld, of Earthsea and … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Latter-Day Geeks, journeys, Sermon, videos, worship service
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Sermon: God and gardens
Garden Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church 11th of May, 2014 Genesis 2:4b-15 Jeremiah 29:4-7 Amos 9:13-15 “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” The Book … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine Sine, Emily Dickinson, Francis Bacon, gardens, Rudyard Kipling, Sermon, Sharron R. Blezard
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Sermon: Multiple Happy Endings
Sermon for Williamstown Easter Sunday, the 20th of April, 2014 Matthew 28:1-10 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This is the message at the heart of Easter; the affirmation at the heart of the Christian faith; the eucatastrophe (one … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter Sunday, happy endings, Matthew 28:1-10, resurrection, Sermon, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Taking to the Streets
Sermon for Williamstown 13th of April 2014 Matthew 21:1-11 So, here we are at Palm Sunday. Jesus enters Jerusalem to choruses of praise and a crowd going wild. Rather than entering as most pilgrims do, on foot, Jesus enters riding … Continue reading
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Tagged Matthew 21:1-11, Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday March for Refugees, refugees, Year of Matthew
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Sermon: Beware of Blind Faith
Sermon for Williamstown 30 March 2014 John 9:1-41 This morning we heard a wonderful tale of light and sight and blindness, in which faith is born and faith is lost. The story begins with a question of theodicy, of God’s … Continue reading
Sermon: Brothers and Sisters Together
Sermon for Williamstown 23 March 2014 John 4:5-42 Today’s reading from the Gospel according to John is one of my favourite stories in the entire Bible, with one of my favourite characters. The Samaritan woman has often got a bad … Continue reading
Sermon: It’s not enough just to be ‘born’ again
Sermon for Williamstown, 16th of March 2014 John 3:1-17 John’s gospel starts with a bang. It begins with the wonderful Prologue, the hymn to the Word: ‘In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the … Continue reading
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