Christmas 1
Isaiah 61:10 - 62:3
Luke 2:22 - 40
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Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Caspar and Balthazar;
Three Wise Men out
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Christmas Eve
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Jesus liked surprises. He never though had a Christmas stocking, or a Christmas tree, or even a Christmas dinner. This is to be expected given that
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Advent 2
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Isaiah 40:1-11
Mark 1:1-8
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John the Baptist believed that an avenging warrior messiah would come from the clouds with blade and
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Christ the King? Sunday
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Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Matthew 25:31-46
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If there is one thing that every scholar agrees on about Jesus it
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Pentecost 24
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Matthew 22: 34-46
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Artists over the centuries have had a grand time with heaven. Usually there are lots of white fluffy clouds,
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Pentecost 20
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There are some theological ideas and doctrines that we think are plainly wrong. They don't fit with our experience of God and life. We often find
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Feast of St Matthew
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Like blowflies to a carcass of raw meat, religion always attracts an unsavoury element. Ideologues, legalists, and the narrow-minded swarm in turning ancient sayings,
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Pentecost 14
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This morning we have begun to use a new liturgy, the culmination of seven months of writing, consultation, and composing. It’s titled: “Journey in Aotearoa”.
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Pentecost 15
Matthew 16:13-20
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In the school of Liberation Theology, wherein I was weaned, it is important to state one’s social location. So, I begin today with
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Pentecost 13
Luke 16:19-31
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The once-in-a-decade Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops is over. It has gone far better than the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan
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Pentecost 12
Genesis 32:21-31
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The Christian God has many faces, and one is struggle. When we struggle with disappointment, fear, guilt, loathing, and regret we struggle not
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Pentecost 10
Matthew 13:24-43
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The power of spiritual story is to point to the presence of God among us.
The Commander of the Occupation
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Pentecost 8
Matthew 11:16-30
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Karl Rahner writes, “The Christian of the future will be a mystic, or not at all”. A mystic can be defined as
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Pentecost 5
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‘The valley of the shadow’ is an evocative phrase. I have hiked in steep sided valleys where the sunlight seems to visit for less than
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Trinity Sunday
Genesis:18:1-14
Matthew 28:16-20
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Sentence and Prayer of the Day
Some nights stay up till dawn as the moon
sometimes does
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Ascension Sunday
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
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Sentence and Prayer of the Day:
“What the Church has done to Jesus Christ is what the Governor of California
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Easter 5
Genesis 38:1-27
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Sentence of the Day:
Look at the person in the mirror and know that you are wonderful, precious, and a
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Easter 4
Luke 10:29-47
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Sentence of the Day:
"There are only two feelings: Love and fear. There are only two languages: Love and fear. There are only two
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Easter Day
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Once someone approached a disciple of the Muslim mystic Naqshband said, “Tell me why your Master conceals his miracles. I have personally collected data that
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Great Vigil of Easter
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Visualize a large slab of downtown concrete. It was poured some years back when grey was considered beautiful. In time a few
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Lent 4
1 Samuel 16:1-13
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1 Samuel 16:7: “But Yahweh [God] said to Samuel, “Do not look on one’s appearance or on the height of one’s
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Lent 2
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The supermarkets are already selling Hot Cross buns and Easter eggs, foods that are traditionally eaten only on Good Friday and Easter Saturday. This is
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Lent 1
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We have a new liturgy for Lent. The best liturgies try to hold our understandings of the past with those of
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