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Seven Words: A Good Friday Meditation
The First Word Luke 23.26, 32-34 As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus… Two...
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Spiritual Practices 4 — Worship
In spirit and truth… Readings Isaiah 6.1-8 John 4.19-24 We’ve been talking about spiritual practices for a few weeks now as a series for Lent. We’ve heard that a spiritual practice is something like...
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 25 July 2010
Rooted in Christ Readings Colossians 2.6-19 Luke 11.1-13 I remember when I was a first year medical student. It was back when crinoline dresses were all the fashion and horseless carriages had just...
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A Litany for use during an election campaign
A member of my congregation has made me aware of this excellent litany, produced by the Liturgical Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia. I believe it deserves a wider use: Lord of every time...
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Richard Rohr on being in the darkness
A profound reflection from Richard Rohr (in Everything Belongs: the Gift of Contemplative Prayer): I think Jesus’ primary metaphor for the mystery of transformation is the sign of Jonah (Matt. 16:4,...
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Praying in weakness
On holidays at the moment, so no sermons… I’ve been re-reading Henri Nouwen’s With Open Hands, an absolute gem of a book on prayer. I love this section, which speaks of the necessity of praying always...
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Brisbane, 2011 Flood: a personal view
It seems the floods that hit Queensland and Brisbane have hit the headlines all over the world… It’s been a bit hard for us to tell because we’ve been without power for several days. We got it last...
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Cyclone Yasi—a terrifying prospect
We have just come out of severe flooding in southern Queensland, and now North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Yasi, with a destructive power greater than that of Hurricane Katrina. Aussies will...
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No other name…but other sheep (Easter 4, Year B, 29 April 2012)
Readings Acts 4.5-12 1 John 3.16-24 John 10.11-18 I was sitting in my office one day. Not here, it was a few years back when I was head of the Pastoral Care Department of The Wesley Hospital. I’d just...
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“When Worry Breaks our Troubled Hearts”
A wonderful new hymn from Stephen Fearing, with a good trinitarian form: “When Worry Breaks our Troubled Hearts”.
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