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Sermon: Nothing will make God give up on us
Whenever we feel at our most alone, we can have faith that God is with us, because Jesus entered the wilderness ahead of us. Continue reading
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Tagged creation, creation story, Creator, Flood, Genesis 9:8-17, Lent, Lent 1, love, Mark 1:9-15, noah, Temptation
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Reflection: The children of God
We are not just children of God; we are co-heirs with Christ. Everything that is his is ours. We could not be more important or have a higher status in the world than this. Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, creation, Letter to the Romans, new creation, prosperity gospel, Romans 8:12-25, suffering
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Prayer for the times: Climate Emergency and Bushfires
We hold in our hearts before you those who have lost homes and loved ones; those who have had to evacuate; … Continue reading
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Tagged bushfires, climate change, climate emergency, creation, Creator, prayer
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Sermon: Counter-culturally caring for creation
This is why the Pope, and the Ecumenical Patriarch, and the World Council of Churches have told all Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians that we have a responsibility to respond to the Climate Emergency. As people made in the image of God the Creator we are called to care for God’s creation. Continue reading
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Tagged bushfires, climate change, climate emergency, creation, creation story, Isaiah 65:17-25, new creation, Third Isaiah
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Apostles Creed 2 – God the Father
When Christians describe God as creator of heaven and earth we are saying a huge ‘yes’ to the whole creation. Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles Creed, creation, Creator, God the Father, new creation
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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: 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; 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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