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Nazareth Then and Now
Ancient Nazareth lacked the critical advantages for its development as a significant settlement: abundant water supply, an elevated site for defensive purposes, and strategic location adjacent to a major highway. The most comprehensive recent study of the archeology of ancient Nazareth and its local region was completed by Ken Dark over several seasons between 2004…
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The oldest hatred
Presentation to a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Council of Australia at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane on Monday, 29 September 2025. The topic of the event was: Should anti-Semitism be exceptionalised or should we combat all forms of racism together? Co-hosts for the event included: Doykeit (a local Jewish group in Brisbane), St John’s
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A destiny embraced
This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 During these 13 weeks that I am here as your locum priest, we have been intentionally walking with Jesus on the way from Galilee to Jerusalem. Jesus was literally walking the way, but his heart and soul were
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Forming community transforming lives
This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Once again we are served a smorgasbord of classic texts in today’s lectionary: Jeremiah visits the potterA whole NT book (Philemon) in one go!Jesus seeking to turn away his wannabe followers THE SCENE We are still on the
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You first, please
This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Luke 14:1,7–14 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the
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A queer church
[IMAGE: Unley Uniting Church, Adelaide] This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Now that was an interesting gospel, and especially in light of developments this week in our national church. Jesus is making his way south from Galilee to Jerusalem. He is taking his time,
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Beyond nice
It was the first Sunday for the new priest. A locum, actually. Just a temp! Everyone was waiting to form an opinion about the new priest. They expected him to say some nice words. First impressions, you know. They count a lot and last a long time. Here we go. It is time for the
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Alert but not alarmed
[IMAGE: https://alert-not-alarmed.com] This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 In today’s Gospel we get another excerpt from the much longer section in Luke 12 that we dipped into next week, again today and again next week. None of those weekly excerpts are continuous with the
