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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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Religion that pleases God
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 9 February 2020 [ video ] Our readings today revolve around one really big idea. It is simply this: what kind of religion pleases God? You would think that after 2,000 years of Christianity and at least another 1,000 years of Jewish history we might have…
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Love with its sleeves rolled up
Australia Day 2020 Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 26 January 2020 [video] For almost five months, fires have raged across large tracts of our ancient and dry continent. Who could have imagined it? And February is not yet here. Yet, after an apocalyptic summer we are on the verge of normality. Well, some of…
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Gifts exotic and rare
Feast of the Epiphany Grafton Cathedral 5 January 2020 [ video ] Here we are—almost—at the Twelfth Day of Christmas. Tomorrow (January 6) we complete the great celebration of Jesus’ birth within the Western tradition, and then tomorrow evening the Orthodox faithful will begin their Christmas celebrations. This double celebration in western and eastern parts…
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Celebrating the birth of Jesus
The Christ Mass 24 & 25 December 2019 Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton [ Let Mum rest | Video ] Around the world today millions of people will engage in various rituals to mark the birth of Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. Millions of Orthodox Christians will keep the same feast on January 6 &…
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Son of David
Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A) 22 December 2019 [ video ] What a difference one week can make … Saturday last weekend we were lined up in the beautifully restored Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, waiting—along with hundreds of other people—to visit the ancient cave below the altar of…
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Good news for some
Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Twentieth Sunday after Pentecosts (C) 27 October 2019 [ video ] That gospel reading has two episodes, and in each of them people are coming to Jesus with hopes of finding some spiritual blessing; either for their children or some piece of wisdom for themselves as adults. In neither case do things…
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