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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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Imagine this: Job comforts Jesus
IMAGE SOURCE: The featured image this week is “Job and his friends” by Ilya Repin (1844–1930 in the Russian Museum. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Job_and_his_friends.jpg Pentecost 20BSt Paul’s Church, Ipswich6 October 2024 [ video ] This week we start a new set of readings in our Sunday services. Alongside the passages from the Gospel of Mark, we stay with
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With angels and archangels
St Paul’s Church, IpswichSaint Michael & All Angels29 September 2024 [ video ] At every Eucharist we affirm our place alongside the angels and archangels as the priest says: Therefore, with angels and archangels,and with all the company of heaven,we proclaim your great and glorious name.for ever praising you and saying: Today—on the feast of
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True wisdom results in right action
Creation 3St Paul’s Church, Ipswich15 September 2024 [ video ] All of our readings this morning invite us to make the right choices if we really want to gain wisdom. We are called to move beyond correct ideas to right action. As Proverbs presents this theme, we hear that the invitation to embrace wisdom has
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Rich and poor have this in common
[ video ] Creation 2St Paul’s Church, Ipswich8 September 2024 The rich and the poor have this in common Here we are on the Second Sunday in the Season of Creation. Here we once again taking our place at the table of Wisdom and waiting with anticipation to see what she has prepared for us
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Celebrating creation
[ video ] St Paul’s Church, IpswichCreation Sunday1 September 2024 Today we switch from winter to spring, despite the last few weeks seeming like summer. Today we begin the Season of Creation, which will run from today until early October. More about that in a moment. Today we also begin two new sets of readings:
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The grain of wheat that falls
PNG MartyrsSt Paul’s Church, Ipswich25 August 2024 [ video ] In today’s Gospel—chosen for the festival of the PNG Martyrs—we have a classic piece of spiritual wisdom from Jesus: Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies,
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