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Play Service “Are we there yet?” You have probably all heard those words. Usually from children forced to endure the agonies of long walks or long car trips. Or you can remember saying them yourself, “Are we there yet?” Or perhaps you’ve asked the question another way, “Am I there Read more…

Play service Did any of you meet an Epaphras this week? Someone who told you about the love of the saints of Canberra Baptist Church? If you are wondering what I am talking about, last Sunday we began a series on Colossians – a book New Testament scholar Tom Wright Read more…

Play Service When I think about ‘giving thanks’ – and reading the book of Colossians you are prompted frequently to think about giving thanks, I am reminded of a short poem by American writer and children’s author Judith Viorst. It’s called ‘Thank you Note’ and it goes like this: I Read more…

Little People – 2 Kings 5:1-14 and Galatians 6:7-16 This is – probably for reasons that are obvious – one of my favourite Old Testament Bible stories, a story where God’s nature breaks through – where the downward compassionate movement of God is revealed – for in this story those Read more…

26 June – Transitions (2 Kings 2:1-14, 2 Corinthians 13:5-11) Nobody is good in transitions. This was a piece of wisdom Nathan Lattimore, who was here as interim pastor a few years ago, received from Stephen Baxter, his minister at Hobart Baptist. Nobody is good in transitions. It simply means Read more…

19 June – Refugee Week (Psalm 43, Luke 9:51-62) One very welcome characteristic of our 47th Parliament is the increase in diversity. There are more women. There are now ten Indigenous MPS. And the number of non-European and non- Indigenous members has risen from 9 to 13. Parliament is still Read more…

Trinity (Romans 5:1-5, John 16:12-15) I am going to tell you a story I have told before about a meeting I was part of many years ago to plan a ‘Baptists Today’ conference… Baptists Today, to fill some of you in, was a conference for Baptists from all over Australia Read more…

For the Spirit of God beside/in/through us – John 14:8-17,25-27 A few weeks ago, we went to a friend’s 50th birthday and when it came time for speeches she told us a story – a story famously told by Russell Conwell, an American Baptist minister in the late 19th, early Read more…