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Author Archives: Avril Hannah-Jones
Sermon: Trinity and Wisdom
Sermon for Williamstown Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 John 16:12-15 Today we celebrate Trinity Sunday. We celebrate explicitly what is implicit every time we gather for worship: that the God we are worshipping is both One and Three. This is … Continue reading
The Conclusion to my PhD Thesis
Looking back at my thesis, which I wrote in 2003, I wonder if my conclusions were accurate. Ten years’ on, what do other people think? Conclusion The (homo)sexuality debate in the Uniting Church in Australia began before the Church was … Continue reading
The Uniting Church discusses sexuality
Recently, in the course of a conversation on Facebook, someone suggested that the Uniting Church hadn’t done any biblical and theological reflection before accepting that presbyteries can ordain people in same-sex relationships. My experience as an historian is that the … Continue reading
The Third Annual Service of the Church of Latter-Day Geeks is coming!
The third annual Sci Fi and Fantasy-Friendly Service of the Church of Latter-Day Geeks will be held on Sunday the 30th of June with the theme: “Community: There’s no such thing as a solitary hero” The service has moved from … Continue reading
Sermon: Ascension – it’s not about hovering feet
Sermon for Williamstown Feast of the Ascension, 12th of May 2013 Acts 1:1-11 Luke 24:44-53 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. We’re cheating a little, because in the lectionary the Ascension comes forty days after we celebrate the … Continue reading
Synod: What I would have said … Education
On the first day of the 2013 meeting of the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, the Synod heard about the mistakes that led to the closure of Acacia College and left the Church tens of millions of dollars … Continue reading
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Tagged Acacia College, Education, Gonski, Private Schools, Synod, Synod 2013, Uniting Church
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Sermon with mandatory mention of same-sex marriage
Sermon for Williamstown Easter 5, 28 April 2013 John 13:31-35 Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 The Christian faith has a dual personality. On the one hand, the church is an ancient institution, drawing on thousands of years of history. At the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 11:1-18, Easter 5, equality, John 13:31-35, Revelation 21:1-6, same-sex marriage, Sermon
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Reflection: Problems of identity
This has been a bad week for me, mental health-wise. Such a bad week, that I want to write it as BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. That’s how bad it has felt. In one way it’s not a surprise. My experience of clinical depression … Continue reading
A couple of book reviews: Prester John and The Setons
I’ve been having a bit of a Buchan-fest, reading the works of John Buchan and his sister Anna, who wrote as O. Douglas. They were writing a century ago, and I’ve been pondering the ‘datedness’ of their books. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Buchan, John Buchan, O. Douglas, Prester John, racism, The Setons, World War One
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Reflection for the ANZAC Service: The Possibility of Reconciliation
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church ANZAC Service – 21st of April, 2013 On the 25th of April, 1915, some 20,000 Australian, New Zealand, other British, and French servicemen landed at the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Russia, which was under attack … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Buchan, ANZAC Day, Conscientious Objectors, John Buchan, reconciliation
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