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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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Motion 16
At the next session of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane in a few weeks time, the following motion is listed for debate: That this Synod: a) Acknowledges the request, in the book The Once and Future Scriptures, for dialogue concerning the approach to interpreting the Bible. b) Encourages further reflection on the theological content of…
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Study Leave—Week Eleven
This has been the second last week of my period of study leave. It has been a time for drawing together some of the loose ends, and a time when the mind naturally begins to think about what lies just ahead when life returns to its ‘normal’ setting in a few weeks’ time. Sunday and…
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Third Sunday after Pentecost (9 June 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Introduction 3 First Reading: The prophet heals a dead child 4 Second Reading: Paul’s gospel 5 Gospel: Jesus raises a dead boy at Nain 6 Jesus Database 7 Liturgies and Prayers 7.1 Music Suggestions Lectionary 1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24) & Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 Introduction This week we return…
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Study Leave—Week Ten
After two weeks of annual leave—during which time I was travelling in Ireland, France and Germany—I have now been back in Israel for a week, and have resumed my study leave program. The weather has now turned much warmer, with some days reaching 40 degrees Celsius. The greens of early Spring have vanished from the…
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Progressive Anglicans
It is surely ironic that the same weekend as I published a set of lectionary notes in which I call for religious leaders to disband the theological thought-police, one of my colleagues in ministry issued a call for people who hold progressive theological ideas to be expelled from the church. In my notes for the…
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Pentecost 2C (2 June 2013)
Contents 1 Lectionary 2 Introduction 3 First Reading: Elijah and the prophets of Baal 4 Second Reading: Galatians 1:1-12 5 Gospel: The healing of the centurion’s slave 6 Jesus Database 7 Liturgies and Prayers 7.1 Music Suggestions Lectionary 1 Kings 18:20-21, (22-29), 30-39 & Psalm 96 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10 Introduction This Sunday we return…
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