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In the eye of the beholder

Posted on June 12, 2021 by gregoryjenks

Christ Church Cathedral, GraftonThird Sunday after Pentecost13 June 2021 [ video ] We are told that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Actually many different forms of value very much depend on the observer: what seems useful, pleasing … Continue reading →

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Creating a shared future in Palestine

Posted on May 22, 2021 by gregoryjenks

The final in a series of brief blog posts offering a perspective on the conflict in Palestine. Human rights and the future of Palestine | Location location | A time between empires | Zionism as a colonial project | Jewish … Continue reading →

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Wars and rumors of war

Posted on May 21, 2021 by gregoryjenks

Part of a series of brief posts offering a perspective on the conflict in Palestine Human rights and the future of Palestine | Location location | A time between empires | Zionism as a colonial project | Jewish migration to … Continue reading →

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The war of 1948

Posted on May 21, 2021 by gregoryjenks

Part of a series of post offering a perspective on the conflict in Palestine Human rights and the future of Palestine | Location location | A time between empires | Zionism as a colonial project | Jewish migration to Palestine … Continue reading →

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A time between empires

Posted on May 20, 2021 by gregoryjenks

The third post in a series offering a perspective on the conflict in Palestine. Human rights and the future of Palestine | Location location | A time between empires | Zionism as a colonial project | Jewish migration to Palestine … Continue reading →

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True vine, authentic holiness

Posted on May 1, 2021 by gregoryjenks

Fifth Sunday of EasterChrist Church Cathedral, Grafton2 May 2021 [ video ] We are now very much in the second half of the Great Fifty Days of Easter; that “week of weeks” which stretches from Easter to Pentecost. Over the … Continue reading →

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Living in two worlds

Posted on April 24, 2021 by gregoryjenks

The Feast of St MarkChrist Church Cathedral, Grafton25 April 2021 [ video ] While almost everyone in Australia today is thinking about ANZAC Day, many Christians will also be observing the festival of Saint Mark. And those not doing so … Continue reading →

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Building strong families

Posted on August 11, 2018 by gregoryjenks

Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Pentecost 12 (B) 12 August 2018     [video] The great lectionary diversion As basic pattern, each year over a three-year cycle, we focus on the witness of one Gospel to Jesus: Matthew in Year A … Continue reading →

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Abundance

Posted on July 28, 2018 by gregoryjenks

Pentecost 10B Christ Church Cathedral Grafton 29 July 2018 [video] This week’s Gospel offers us one of the all-time favourite biblical stories about Jesus. This story was so popular in the early church that we find it in all 4 … Continue reading →

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The book that disrupts

Posted on June 30, 2018 by gregoryjenks

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (B) Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton 1 July 2018 [video] We are now about halfway through our series of Marking Jesus, as we pay attention to the way that the Gospel of Mark presents Jesus as a … Continue reading →

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