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Category Archives: Sermons
Sermon: In which Avril is chastised by the Apostle Paul
Sadly, I was not left long in my smugness and schadenfreude. Continue reading
Sermon: We are the New Testament Church
It doesn’t matter whether [our] achievements are glorious or banal … we just are the New Testament church Continue reading
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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
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Tagged Advent, Advent 4, Matthew 1:18-25, Righteousness, sin, Year of Matthew
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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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Sermon: Calling God ‘She’
The fruits of the Holy Spirit include patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control. Sadly, I frequently fail to demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit on social media. Continue reading
Sermon: More about justice (really, Avril is obsessed)
Whenever we find ourselves tired and frustrated by injustice in the world, remember the story of the campaign against slavery. Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 16:16-34, anti-Semitism, economics, Justice, Sermon, slavery, Uniting Church, Uniting Justice, Year of Luke
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Sermon: Living as though the world were what it should be, to show it what it can be
But as Martin Luther King is quoted as saying: ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice’ Continue reading
Sermon: Forgiveness and Mercy
‘And all the wickedness in this world that man might work or think/Is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal in the sea.’ Continue reading
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Tagged A Vision of Piers Plowman, Acts 9:1-20, Apostle Peter, Easter 3, forgiveness, John 21:1-19, Mercy
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