Tag Archives: Lent 2

Sermon: “All shall be well”

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Avril Hannah-Jones

As we lament over the pain of the world, and pray for its healing, as well as doing our own small part towards caring for the vulnerable, we can hold on to the reassurance offered to us by a fourteenth-century mystic. Because we know that at the core of the universe is love, we believe that ‘all will be well and all will be well and all manner of thing will be well’. Continue reading →

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Sermon: Who is welcome? Those who need to be born again

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Avril Hannah-Jones

This week I watched a time lapse video from the BBC of a caterpillar spinning a cocoon, and one of the lines that most struck me was ’the caterpillar’s head is about to split wide open’. And then it did! Continue reading →

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Sermon: Clericalism is wrong

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Avril Hannah-Jones

The proposed legal change is a sign that the world is changing, and it seems that Australian society will no longer allow churches to be treated differently from other institutions. And that’s good! Continue reading →

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Sermon: Golden fonts and visits by night

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

It’s a private baptismal font made of gold. I want to repeat that: it’s a private baptismal font made of gold. Continue reading →

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Sermon: These things are not ‘sent to try us’

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Avril Hannah-Jones

The question of why dreadful things happen to people remains, but the answer is never, ‘because God is testing us’. Continue reading →

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