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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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Ending spiritual and emotional violence towards LGBTQI+ persons
A speech to the Synod of Grafton Diocese on Sunday, 23 June 2019, when moving the following motion (shown in its final amended form): That this Synod encourages the 2020 General Synod: (i) to authorise Anglican clergy to participate in civil weddings; (ii) to move towards providing optional provisions for the blessing of civil marriages;…
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with all that I have
Third Sunday after Pentecost Christchurch Cathedral, Grafton 30 June 2019 [ video ] Through this past month of Sundays we have been reflecting on the inner dynamics of our lives as Christian people. What are our core values? What is our mission in a nutshell? What are the elements of faith which are…
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Spirit of the living God
Pentecost Sunday Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 9 June 2019 [ video ] Last week we started a series of sermons that will extend across the five Sundays of June. During this month we are exploring the core of our mission, what I have called “Mission in a nutshell”. There is a famous story in…
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First things first
Easter 7C Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 2 June 2019 [ video ] At its last meeting, Parish Council agreed that we would use the five Sundays during June to reflect on our core mission as Christians: first of all, to love God, and secondly, to love other people just as we love…
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Wisdom has set a table
CVAS Junior School Worship 26 May 2019 Christ Church Cathedral Grafton [ video ] The Table stands at the centre of our worship today. It is always so for Christians. We have lots of symbols, but the Table is the one that is distinctively Christian. Not a book to be mastered, but a Table…
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Love, actually (again)
Easter 5C Christchurch Cathedral, Grafton 19 May 2019 [ video ] Love, actually (again)# # “again”, because on 23 December 2018 I preached a sermon with the same title. There is a famous story—probably apocryphal—of a new priest who surprised her parishioners when the sermon she delivered on her first Sunday…
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