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Category Archives: Sermons
Sermon: Loving ‘white supremacists’
In the baptism of Jesus God acted in solidarity with all humanity; following his example let us stand in solidarity with each other. Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, John the Baptist, love, racism, Solidarity, St Kilda
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Sermon: Be careful when choosing your lodestar
There are the obviously sinful lodestars: wealth; power; consumption, but the most dangerous lodestars are those that seem benign: knowledge; family; faith. Continue reading
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Tagged "we were wrong", Dorothy Parker, Epiphany, lodestar, Poetry, Politics, stars
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Sermon: Christmas Day
Let’s remember those ‘copping the hypocrisy, racism and hate’; those abused by church leaders; LGBTIQ teachers and students at religious schools. Let’s remember that in each one of these people we see Jesus’ face. Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas Day, Hope, Joy, love, Maureen Watson, Peace
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Sermon: Love Sunday
In Jesus’ birth, as in Jesus’ death and resurrection, God is defeating death and hopelessness. Continue reading
Sermon: Joy Sunday
God is not well-behaved! Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent 3, Book of Ruth, Ruth and Naomi, women behaving badly
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Sermon: Hope Sunday
The creation story speaks of light and order and life not because it is ignoring the reality of darkness and chaos and death but in response to it. Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent 1, creation, creation story, Hope, Hope Sunday, Jesse Tree, Parousia
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Sermon: A higher loyalty
Our electoral system is something to be celebrated. Despite this, we as Christians have an even higher loyalty than our loyalty to our democracy. Continue reading
Sermon: Hannah sings a new song
As we remember the anniversary of Kristallnacht and grieve the murder of worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue we remember that we Christians are the younger sisters and brothers of the Jewish people and we should offer them the love and respect that older siblings deserve. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1:4-20, Hannah, Hebrew Scriptures, Judaism, Mary, reading the Bible
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Sermon: For all the saints
Living a holy life, again luckily for us, doesn’t mean being dour, stern and strict. For the Prophet Isaiah a life of holiness culminates in end-time feasting; accepting from God a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear. Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints, death, grieving, Isaiah 25:6-9, John 11:32-44, Lazarus, resurrection, Revelation 21:1-6, Saints
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Sermon: Don’t accept injustice (Part 3)
The Book of Job is absolutely anti-prosperity gospel. The good are not always rewarded; the bad are not always punished. When people suffer and cry out to God our best response is not to defend God and tell them that God has a plan. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Job, injustice, Job 42:1-6 10-17, Justice, prosperity gospel, suffering
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