title
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date
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readings
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summary
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file
size
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The Fir Tree
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24-Dec-03
11:30 p.m.
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Luke 2:
1-20
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A history of Christmas trees. Materialism
and redemption.
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10:58/
1.88 MB
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Prayer
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14-Dec-03
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Zephaniah
3: 14-20; Philippians 4: 4-7; Luke 3: 7-17
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Renewal: prayer and action. Levels
of communication.
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16:05/
2.76 MB
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What is Truth?
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23-Nov-03
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John 18:
33-38
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Pontius Pilate, quantum physics,
the Incarnation and the nature of reality.
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17:51/
3.06 MB
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Ruth
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2-Nov-03
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Ruth 1:
1-18; Mark 12: 28-34
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The story of Ruth; loving your neighbour
as yourself.
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19:17/
3.31 MB
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Blind Bartimaeus
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26-Oct-03
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Mark 10: 46-52
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Casting
aside the mantle: the story of Bartimaeus as a parable for us all.
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15:12/
2.61 MB
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Eternal Values
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19-Oct-03
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John 10: 1-2, 7-11
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The
things upon which we shouldn't, and should, base our lives.
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16:18/
2.79 MB
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Life After
Death
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12-Oct-03
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John 14: 1-6
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Groundhog
Day; the permanence of consciousness, and the implications thereof.
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17:27/
2.99 MB
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Esther
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28-Sep-03
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Esther 7: 1-6, 9-10, 9: 20-22;
Mark 9: 38-41
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In the right place at the right
time: the Book of Esther. God's presence always and everywhere.
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22:00/
3.77 MB
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The
Syro-Phoenician Woman
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7-Sep-03
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Mark 7: 24-37
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Breaking the preconceptions:
everybody belongs to God.
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13:42/
2.35 MB
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The Song
of Songs
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31-Aug-03
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Song of Solomon 2: 8-13; Mark
7: 1-8, 14-15
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Interpreting the Song of Solomon;
sexuality, society and the Church.
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19:38/
3.37 MB
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The
Book of Genesis
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24-Aug-03
7:00 p.m.
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The origins and relevance of
the oldest parts of the Bible.
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19:56/
3.42 MB
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The Armour
of God
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24-Aug-03
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Ephesians 6: 10-20; John 6:
55-63, 66-69
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The
equipment of a Roman soldier, and the merits of militaristic
imagery in Christianity.
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18:48/
3.22 MB
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Confession
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27-Jul-03
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2 Samuel 11: 1-15; John 6:
1-14
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Being
honest about ourselves; the real reasons for confession.
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15:31/
2.66 MB
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Guilt
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13-Jul-03
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Mark 6: 14-29
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Crime
and Punishment; King Herod, different types of guilt, and
forgiveness.
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17:28/
3.00 MB
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St
John the Evangelist
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29-Jun-03
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John 21: 20-25
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Intelligent,
Traditional, Faithful, Growing: the patron saint of St John's Roslyn.
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17:07/
2.93 MB
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What Do
We Know?
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22-Jun-03
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Mark 4: 35-41
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Logos
and mythos: using both eyes to look at the world.
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13:16/
2.27 MB
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Whom
Does the Grail Serve?
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8-Jun-03
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Acts 2:
1-21; John 15: 26-27, 16:14-15
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Pentecost, and the story of
Sir Percival and the Holy Grail.
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16:56/
2.90 MB
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Christian
Responsibility
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1-Jun-03
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Acts 1:
15-17, 21-26; Luke 24: 44-49
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The way we do God's work - not as unthinking
slaves, but as independent, responsible beings.
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12:23/
2.12 MB
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Saving Grace
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25-May-03
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Acts 10:
44-48; John 15: 9-17
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God's unconditional love for
us, and our difficulty in believing in it. (poor
sound quality)
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10:29/
1.80 MB
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The
Power of Imagination
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4-May-03
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Acts 3:
12-19; Luke 24: 36-49
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J.R.R.
Tolkien's concept of 'secondary universes'.
The human ability to imagine and bring
new things into being. The need for vision in
a parish.
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20:24/
3.50 MB
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Thomas
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27-Apr-03
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John 20: 24-31
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Doubting
Thomas: lacking not belief, but vision.
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11:39/
2.00 MB
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A
Seed Falls to the Ground
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6-Apr-03
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John 12: 20-33
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The core
of Christianity; deep truths in an odd answer to a simple question.
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16:07/
2.76 MB
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Family
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30-Mar-03
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Luke 2: 33-35
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Families
in the time of Jesus. The things about family that really
matter now.
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13:33/
2.32 MB
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Form
and Substance
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23-Mar-03
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John 2: 13-22
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The need for ritual, and the
great danger of allowing it to become disconnected from the underlying
reality.
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13:23/
2.29 MB
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The Desert
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9-Mar-03
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Mark 1: 9-13
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Australian railways and the
history of the Church: desert experiences.
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14:02/
2.41 MB
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Dining
with Sinners
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2-Mar-03
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Hosea 2: 14-20; Mark 2: 13-17
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The
simple message we keep trying to ignore: we are all loved by
God.
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12:31/
2.15 MB
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Into
God's Keeping
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23-Feb-03
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Mark 2: 1-12
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Helicopters,
whales, rainbows and the hole in the roof: tales of funerals.
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14:26/
2.47 MB
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A
Sense of Perspective
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9-Feb-03
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Mark 1: 29-39
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The difficult Good News: change
begins with us.
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9:19/
1.60 MB
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Things
that Go Bump in the Night
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2-Feb-03
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1 Corinthians 8; Mark 1: 21-28
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Angels and demons: a mysterious
world, but one under the authority of one God. (poor sound
quality)
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12:46/
2.19 MB
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