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Sermon: Making Peace

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Reflection for North Balwyn Uniting Church 7th of December 2025 Isaiah 11:1-10Matthew 3:1-12 Today, the second Sunday of Advent, is Peace Sunday, so naturally I have spent this week thinking about peace, and particularly about the peace most of us … Continue reading →

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Sermon: Peace Sunday

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Avril Hannah-Jones

I suspect that the people of Israel heard this prophecy as true for the same reason that we are hearing it in church two thousand years after the birth of the one we Christians believe is the Messiah. Prophecies of the peaceable kingdom speak to our deepest longings. They describe what we believe, in the core of our hearts and our guts, God’s good creation should be. Continue reading →

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