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Category Archives: Sermons
Sermon: For the first Sunday of Advent and Zoey’s Baptism
Sermon for Williamstown The First Sunday of Advent, 29th of November, 2015 Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Happy New Year! Today is a day of beginnings. It’s the first Sunday of Advent, and today the church begins a … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Hope, Luke 21:25-36, Parousia, Sermon, Year of Luke
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Sermon: What “Christ the King” means for us
Celebrating the Reign of Christ can be, in some places and at some times, a very brave and radical thing to do. Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Guerrero, Christ the King, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sermon, Year of Mark
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Sermon: Lighten our darkness
We live in a world in which it can be hard to hold on to hope, hard to see signs of peace, a world that appears to be one of sorrow and hatred rather than joy and love. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1:4-20, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Advent, Hannah, Mary, Terrorism
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Sermon: Woman to Woman, Ruth and Naomi
We live in a time that is just as full of religious, ethnic and cultural prejudice as was Ancient Israel. In the face of that prejudice, one of the most helpful things we can do is follow in the footsteps of Ruth and Naomi and make friends with people who are different from us. Not simply tolerate them, but actively welcome them into our lives. We don’t know: they, like Ruth, may end up being more to us than seven sons. Continue reading
Sermon for Police Remembrance Sunday 2015: Watch your tongues!
If we, members of police forces and society in general, talk about Cumulative Stress Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health issues as though they’re shameful or to be hidden, people experiencing mental illnesses will try to ignore them, hide them, or deal with them alone. Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Ribbon Day, James 3:1-4:3, Letter of James, mental health, police, Police Remembrance Day, PTSD, suicide, Year of Mark
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Sermon: The Creator of the Cosmos is our Next of Kin
We believe that the God who created the universe and to whom the heavens bear witness is also the God who loves human beings, us, as God’s children, members of God’s family. Continue reading
Sermon: Do we really ‘believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ’? Welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.
James demands that Christians follow the ethical direction of Jesus’ life, the way Jesus cared for people. He challenges his first readers, and us, to be involved in justice in the same way that Jesus was. Continue reading
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Tagged asylum seekers, James 2:1-10, Mark 7:24-37, Politics, refugees, Year of Mark
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Sermon: And, again, the Uniting Church is not a Bible-believing church
Sometimes this ‘Uniting Church’ way of reading the Bible can lead to accusations that we are wishy-washy, one of those mainstream, liberal churches that, in the words of one journalist, tolerate ‘just about anybody and anything’ and are ‘pale and ineffectual’ when compared with churches that read the Bible literally. Continue reading
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
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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