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Sermon: More about justice (really, Avril is obsessed)
Whenever we find ourselves tired and frustrated by injustice in the world, remember the story of the campaign against slavery. Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 16:16-34, anti-Semitism, economics, Justice, Sermon, slavery, Uniting Church, Uniting Justice, Year of Luke
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Sermon: Living as though the world were what it should be, to show it what it can be
But as Martin Luther King is quoted as saying: ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice’ Continue reading
Sermon: Not just an idle tale!
Has Jesus’ resurrection initiated that world of peace and justice, or are we just repeating an idle tale? Continue reading
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Tagged Easter Sunday, Hope, Isaiah, Luke 24:1-12, resurrection, Year of Luke
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Sermon: It’s all new!
Sermon for Williamstown Uniting Church Lent 4, 6th of March, 2016 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Today’s reading from Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth, or at least the second letter of his to them that we have, is full … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, badly-behaved Corinthians, Lent 4, new creation, Sermon, Year of Luke
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Sermon: Contra prosperity gospel
Our repentance will not always be pleasant. Sometimes it may be profoundly unpleasant and even a bit smelly. Continue reading
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Tagged Lent 3, Luke 13:1-9, prosperity gospel, Sermon, Year of Luke
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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
Sermon: Righteous without being self-righteous
Lent reminds us that our role as Christ’s followers is to seek to be righteous without being self-righteous, as difficult as that is. Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, Isaiah 58:1-12, Lent, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, Righteousness, Sermon, sin, Year of Luke
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