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Sporting Priorities

It is fascinating to watch the priority given to sportspeople to fly in and out of the country! Or the efforts that are given to creating...

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Feb 18
1 min

Lent

There are special moments in life where we get to evaluate and step forward. The Church over time has used Lent as a time to recalibrate ...

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Feb 11
2 min

Why the focus on discipleship?

Peter Tasker mentioned to me last week how the next generation of church leaders emphasise discipleship. This is not to say previous gene...

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Feb 4
2 min

MAFS: “my new forever”

The next season of Married at First Sight (MAFS) is about to hit your screen. The promos have started. The final and climactic line in on...

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Margaret Court and Australia Day Honours

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Jan 28
5 min

Margaret Court and Australia Day Honours

Frustratingly, Christianity is in the headlines again, and it’s anything but a good news story. MargaretCourt is awarded Australia’s high...

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Jan 21
2 min

Is Idolatry still a thing?

One of the common themes you encounter as you read scripture are warnings against idolatry. For example, in 1 Corinthians 5:10, Paul warn...

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Jan 14
2 min

Pets, and the Pandemic

Covid 19 saw a downturn for many businesses and an upturn for others. One industry that is booming is the pet industry. As people stayed ...

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Jan 7
2 min

Freedom is a means, not an end

The storming of Capital Hill today (Thursday 7 Jan 2021) in America is a catastrophe. It represents so many things that are wrong. A lead...

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Dec 31, 2020
1 min

2020: A year like no other

2020 will long be remembered as an extraordinary year. The year of the pandemic. The year of isolation. The year of unprecedented shutdow...

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How our heritage frames what we see at Christmas

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Dec 24, 2020
2 min

How our heritage frames what we see at Christmas

Christmas and Easter are the two annual highlights of the Christian calendar. We celebrate both, year in, year out. I once heard a season...

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Dec 17, 2020
1 min

Preparing for Christmas takes time

We live in an instant society. We are impatient and expect things now. We want an end to suffering and recovery now; good food – but stil...

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Dec 10, 2020
2 min

What do you hope for?

Hope is a key theme of Christmas. But it’s also a complex and elusive feeling. What does it mean, or feel like, to be filled with hope? H...

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Dec 3, 2020
1 min

The Age of Loneliness

We have been called ‘The Age of Loneliness’. That people are increasingly feeling more and more lonely. Whereas in 1980 scholars estimate...

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Nov 26, 2020
2 min

This week is the start of Advent?

So what is Advent? And when is it? Where does it come from in Church history? These are actually more complex questions than they sound. ...

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Nov 19, 2020
1 min

WHO KNOWS ME BEST?

There are several great assumptions in our modern society. One is that you 'really' know yourself. This is what is behind so much dissati...

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Nov 12, 2020
1 min

The Essentials.

"Lockdown" has been declared the word of the year for 2020 by Collins Dictionary. ‘Zoom’ was a rare noun that has become a common verb. O...

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Oct 29, 2020
2 min

Losing our Patience

'Patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit. It is a virtue, or at least it was. My sense is that the world is increasingly impatient. B...

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Oct 22, 2020
2 min

I’m special – right?

The notion in last week’s sermon that being ‘authentic’ is presently over-rated, and not valued by Paul received some push back. So I wil...

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Oct 15, 2020
2 min

Authenticity and Sincerity

Don’t you hate it when something you love, becomes over-used, common, perverted, and loses its aura? Maybe a favourite food you ate too r...

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Oct 8, 2020
2 min

What is fair?

When I am hurt, often one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is, ‘but that’s not fair, I …’. We live in a world that is obsessed wi...

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