Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Jeremiah 2:4–13, Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16 & Luke 14:1, 7–14 I grew up in West Footscray; very much in a working class family. My Dad drove a furniture delivery truck, and in later years worked as a store-man, while my Mum worked as an Accounts Clerk. We were not particularly well off, but in saying that,…

Sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Jeremiah 1:4–10; Hebrews 12:18–29 & Luke 13:10–17 Last Monday at the Spiritual Cafe, we had a very interesting and enlightening discussion concerning the question of whether Christianity is hard or easy. We were specifically looking at this question from the viewpoint of C.S. Lewis, the famous British writer who was also an Anglican lay…

Sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost  Readings: Isaiah 5:1–7; Hebrews 11:29–12:2 & Luke 12:49–59 Australia is recognised internationally as being the producer of some of the world’s finest wines, and in 2021 the country was ranked fifth in the world in terms of both wine production and wine exports. This is not overly surprising to me, because in the space of…

Sermon for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah. 1:1, 10–20, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 & Luke 12:32–40 One of my favourite movies of all time would have to be Field of Dreams. It stars Kevin Costner as ‘thirty-something’ Ray Kinsella. Born and raised in the city, Ray now lives on a farm in Iowa with his wife and young daughter. His main crop,…