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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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Reflections on stuffing envelopes
As a child of active church people in the 1960s and then a young church leader in the 1970s, I have filled a lot of envelopes in my time and applied a vast number of address labels. Yesterday I was at it again—preparing a mailout to the households that are connected in some way with…
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The precious in-between time
Christ Church Cathedral Grafton Admission of Children to Holy Communion 18 November 2018 In our first reading this morning we heard the opening scene of an ancient set of stories about Samuel, one of the great figures in the biblical narrative. We will not go into the whole narrative in the live sermon,…
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A sure and certain hope
Christ Church Cathedral Grafton All Saints & All Souls 4 November 2018 [video] At some time in the past twelve months almost everyone here this morning will have heard a priest say these words: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, you have given us a sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life.…
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Saint Simon and St Jude
St Simon & St Jude Grafton Cathedral 28 October 2018 [video] During the course of the year, we celebrate numerous holy people: apostles and prophets, martyrs and teachers, missionaries and social reformers. Chief among the saints that we honour is Mary, Mother of the Lord. For many centuries she was the only woman to have…
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Francis and the wolf
Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Creation Sunday Blessing of the Animals 7 October 2018 [video] Let’s begin with a story … The date is 1220 CE, about six years before the death of Francis of Assisi. The place is Gubbio, a medieval town in Umbria. It is about halfway up the Italian peninsula. The problem: a…
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Capernaum’s child
Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (B) 23 September 2018 [video] Mark the Gospel artist continues working with his palette this week. He has crafted two powerful scenes, neither of which we have heard as we follow the cycle of readings set for us in the weekly lectionary. In the first scene,…
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