-
What I’ve been reading …
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
-
Join 5,352 other followers
Tag Archives: Lent 3
Sermon: Don’t blame the victim
Reflection for North Balwyn Uniting ChurchThird Sunday of Lent, 20th of March, 2020 Isaiah 55:1-9Luke 13:1-9 Humans have a dreadful tendency, in our need to make sense of life, to blame victims. We tend to see it when a woman … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged death, floods, Isaiah 55:1-9, judgement, Justice, Lent, Lent 3, Luke 13:1-9, Mercy, Repentance, victim blaming, Year of Luke
Leave a comment
Sermon: Righteous Anger
This week many people, particularly women, have expressed anger. Before condemning this anger, or dismissing those who are demanding change from Australian institutions as a ‘mob’, let us remember today’s gospel story and Jesus’ outrageous, zealous, righteous anger in the Temple. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged anger, John 2:13-22, Lent, Lent 3, Politics, rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault
1 Comment
Sermon: Who is welcome? Foreigners and women
Why is the story read this way? Because if this is not the story of a mincing and coy harlot who is trying to distract Jesus from her sins, then what we have here is a story of Jesus seriously engaging with a foreign woman who asks a theological question. Continue reading
Sermon: When bad things happen
We live in a world in which, sadly, bad things do happen to good people. Continue reading
Sermon: Absolutely Appropriate Anger
At the very least, when young people facing the injustice of the world express anger at that injustice, even in language we much more mature people find intemperate, we could attack the injustice and not them. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged anger, Closing the Gap, Emma Gonzales, gun control, gun violence, John 2:13-22, Justice, Lent 3, swearing, Tarneen Onus-Williams, violence
1 Comment
Sermon: Contra prosperity gospel
Our repentance will not always be pleasant. Sometimes it may be profoundly unpleasant and even a bit smelly. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Lent 3, Luke 13:1-9, prosperity gospel, Sermon, Year of Luke
Leave a comment
Sermon: A hen in a world of foxes
… we live in a world full of foxes, and sometimes we desire more protection than a mother hen can offer. Continue reading
Rev Doc Geek 