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Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8 In 1988 I caught a bus from Sydney to Brisbane (which I suspect took longer than the 16 hours it apparently takes now) to join some friends to go to Expo 88. (Some of you will remember that!) Now a 16 hour plus bus ride is Read more…

Luke 24 26-48 Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away. To that land on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I’ll fly away, oh glory! I’ll fly away. When I die, hallelujah, by and by. I’ll fly away. I can’t do justice to the ethereal beauty Read more…

The Emmaus Way – Mark 16:1-8 I think I’ve told this story before, about a disastrous sermon my father preached at Epping Baptist in Sydney where he began by saying to the congregation that the basic principle of mission, the fundamental practice of the Christian church, is ‘to go’. So Read more…

Psalm 118, Mark 11:1-11 I love all those facts about donkeys, and the writer of Mark was obviously keen on donkeys too because the extraordinary thing about this account of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, this event that we celebrate with Christians around the world today, on Palm Sunday, is that Read more…

Isaiah 56:1, 6-8, John 12:20-33 Who got a chance to see the exhibition that has finished now at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Jesus, laughing and loving? As the title says, the exhibition was intended to expand our perception of Jesus, to see him not only as sombre Read more…

14 March – Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, John 3:14-21 There are people who have what could be called ‘lightbulb moments’ when it comes to faith – suddenly everything just becomes clear – while others speak about light slowly dawning; that over time and through a range of experiences, they began to Read more…

The Power of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Like the churches we’ve just seen (in the images on the screen) the Cross is clearly a central and unifying symbol for the Christian community wherever it is located and in whatever tradition. There are crosses of every description, some enhanced in Read more…