Monthly Archives: September 2010

Open letter to our political leaders:

27 September, 2010 – 3:52 pm

Sunday 26th September 2010 To: Prime Minister, Hon Julia Gillard Leader of the Opposition, Hon Tony Abbot Leader of the Greens, Senator Bob Brown We write to express our dismay at the policies and practice concerning asylum seekers in Australia.  We are distressed at conditions which have led to a death in detention. We know [...]

By olivia | Posted in action |

A social justice sermon?

27 September, 2010 – 3:43 pm

delivered by Rev. Dr Wes Campbell 26 September 2010 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Today is Social Justice Sunday. It is a dangerous day. Not dangerous in Australia as it is in Burma or the Philippines, Fiji and countless other places; it is dangerous in those places to speak of justice for [...]

By olivia | Posted in sermons |

BHP and Jesus

19 September, 2010 – 8:35 am

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 19 September, 2010 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 Marius Kloppers, the CEO of the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton, said during the week that Australia should have a price on carbon: either a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme. And so, [...]

By john | Posted in sermons |

Forgiveness

5 September, 2010 – 9:18 am

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 5 September, 2010 Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 The nation of Australia, you will recall, experienced needless difficulty for generations in being unable  to utter one word – “sorry”; “sorry” to the indigenous people of this land over the stolen generations. Just as [...]

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