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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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Foolish generosity
[IMAGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/49300487777%5D This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 The Rich Fool. Well, we all know this story. It is a story about that self-centred, greedy person who hoarded every success and achievement in life, and did not share any of his success with other
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Learning to pray, learning to live
[IMAGE: The Lord’s Prayer in many different languages at the Pater Noster Church in Jerusalem] This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 No doubt we have all been surprised by different versions of the Lord’s Prayer at different times. RCs and Anglicans sometimes stop at
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Martha and Mary
This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Another very familiar story as we walk to Jerusalem with Jesus. Again this week, we have a Gospel story that is unique to Luke: Martha and Mary. We note that Luke places it directly after the
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Anyone but them
A sermon for St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino on Sunday, 10 July 2022 This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 Last week as we started our journey to Jerusalem with Jesus, we focused on the significance of peace-making. We did not mention it
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Agents of an alternative reality
Image: An ancient Roman road. Wikimedia Commons. This post is part of the ON THE WAY sermon series at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino July/October 2022 This is the first of a series of sermons at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Casino as we step inside the story of Jesus as crafted by Luke and walk
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Ecological impacts of Zionism
Many years ago, I think 2006, I attended a seminar presented by the Applied Research Institute in Jerusalem (ARIJ) on the environmental damage being perpetrated – and indeed, perpetuated – by Israel as it pursues its Zionist dream. This weekend there is a report along similar lines in Haaretz, perhaps best represented by this extract:
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