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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| Looking to the Soul | 27-Dec-09 | Colossians 3: 12-17; Luke 2: 41-50 | Recognising and caring for the deep, eternal part of our being. | 10:57/
1.88 MB |
| Everything and Nothing | 24-Dec-09
11:30 p.m. | John 1: 1-14 | The Incarnation: from infinite potential to a tangible focus. | 7:08/
1.22 MB |
| Of Oliphaunts and Friends | 20-Dec-09 | Luke 1: 39-55 | Journeying: Tolkien's epic, Advent, and a safari in Botswana. (Revd Shirley Brunton) | 11:28/
1.96 MB |
| The Right Time | 29-Nov-09 | Jeremiah 33: 14-16;
Luke 21: 25-36 | Chronos and kairos - measured and perceived time, and the flow of God's purposes in history. | 12:26/
2.13 MB |
| Christ the King | 22-Nov-09 | John 18: 33-37 | Jesus and Pilate - authority that doesn't depend on power. | 12:45/
2.18 MB |
| Paradox and the Flood | 15-Nov-09
7:00 p.m. | Genesis 7: 6-23; Romans 6: 1-10 | False but deeply true; the story of Noah, and how it reflects the paradoxes of human existence. | 17:09/
2.94 MB |
| In the System | 8-Nov-09 | Mark 12: 38-44 | Church leaders who are in it for themselves. How God can work even within a corrupt system. | 10:49/
1.85 MB |
| Ordinary People | 1-Nov-09 | John 11: 32-44 | The
Parish Fair and the raising of Lazarus - how the ordinary details of
life and the great purposes of God are inextricably linked. | 12:04/
2.07 MB |
| Throwing Off the Cloak | 25-Oct-09 | Job 42: 1-6, 10-17; Hebrews 7: 23-28; Mark 10: 46-52 | The healing of Bartimaeus as a metaphor for the way in which we all grow closer to God. | 16:20/
2.80 MB |
| What the Doctor Said | 18-Oct-09
7:00 p.m. | Luke 1: 1-4 | Words with the power to change lives: St Luke's Gospel and Tarore of Waharoa. | 13:18/
2.28 MB |
| Love and Marriage | 4-Oct-09 | Job 1: 1, 2: 1-10; Mark 10: 2-16 | The exercise of love rather than power; looking beyond the rules to the deeper principles of marriage. | 14:48/
2.54 MB |
| Genesis: the Fall | 27-Sep-09
7:00 p.m. | Genesis 3: 1-24 | Innocence, and the consequences of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil. | 14:33/
2.49 MB |
| The Book of Esther | 27-Sep-09 | Esther 7: 1-6, 9-10, 9: 20-22; Mark 9: 38-50 | Seeing God in the patterns of everyday life - the story behind the Jewish festival of Purim. | 20:30/
3.51 MB |
| Genesis: Beginnings | 13-Sep-09
7:00 p.m. | Genesis 1: 1-31 | Where do we come from? How and why the first books of the Bible were written. | 18:56/
3.25 MB |
| Come As You Are | 13-Sep-09 | Luke 19: 1-10 | Christianity isn't about being good - Jesus and Zacchaeus, and God's unconditional love. | 12:39/
2.17 MB |
| Are You Man Enough? | 6-Sep-09 | James 2: 1-10, 14-17; Mark 7: 24-30 | The importance of fatherhood, and what happens when a society doesn't value it. | 12:57/
2.22 MB |
| Is This What I Signed Up For? | 23-Aug-09 | John 6: 56-69 | Orbital mechanics and the Bread of Life; why we shouldn't avoid the difficult questions. | 10:49/
1.85 MB |
| Iona | 16-Aug-09
7:00 p.m. | - | St Columba, the island of Iona, and the surprising culmination of a pilgrimage. | 22:04/
3.78 MB |
| David and Absalom | 9-Aug-09
7:00 p.m. | 2 Samuel 14: 12-15 | King David 6: the beginning of the end. What happens when conflict gets out of hand. | 20:48/
3.57 MB |
| Anger and Fear | 9-Aug-09 | Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2; John 6: 35, 41-51 | Existential anxiety; why people got angry when Jesus described himself as the bread of life. | 16:02/
2.75 MB |
You
Are What You Eat
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2-Aug-09
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2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a; John 6: 24-35
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"As you sow, so shall you reap"
- the importance of diet to body, mind and spirit.
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10:36/
1.82 MB
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True Love
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26-Jul-09
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2 Samuel 11: 1-15; Ephesians
3: 14-21; John 6: 1-14
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Memorable meals. The
expression of love in human affairs, and in the Universe.
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17:18/
2.97 MB
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All Shall
Be Well
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19-Jul-09
7:00 p.m.
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Revelations of divine love:
the life, thought and writings of Julian of Norwich.
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20:19/
3.48 MB
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To
Warn and to Revive
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12-Jul-09
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Mark 6: 14-29
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The narrow gate: prophets with
a difficult message. (Revd Shirley Brunton)
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12:58/
2.22 MB
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Conscience
and Consequence
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5-Jul-09
7:00 p.m.
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Romans 14: 1-17; Luke 6: 1-5
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St Thomas More. The times
when personal conscience is in conflict with the effect that actions have
on other people. (Alan Firth)
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14:30/
2.48 MB
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Go
and Journey Lightly
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5-Jul-09
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2 Samuel 5: 1-5, 9-10; Mark
6: 1-13
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"I am with you" - finding strength
in God rather than in baggage. (Ven Jan Clark)
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15:23/
2.64 MB
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The
Touch of Silence
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28-Jun-09
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Mark 5: 21-43
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A God who brings healing. Reflections
in holy places. (Revd Shirley Brunton)
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16:17/
2.79 MB
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Towards
the Light
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21-Jun-09
7:00 p.m.
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Isaiah 6: 1-8; 1 John 5: 1-12
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Learning to bear the light
- recognising that revelation can be unwelcome and painful. (Jo
Fielding)
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11:09/
1.91 MB
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A Light
to the World
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21-Jun-09
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John 1: 1-14
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Our Patronal Festival: connecting
the themes of blindness and light in John's Gospel to the mission of
St John's Roslyn. (Alan Firth)
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8:55/
1.53 MB
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Linking
Cultures
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14-Jun-09
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John 15: 9-17
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Diversity and core beliefs
- knowing what can be compromised and what can't, if we are to bear
fruit. (Richard Aitken)
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17:46/
3.05 MB
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Trinity
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7-Jun-09
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Isaiah 6: 1-8; Romans 8: 12-17;
John 3: 1-17
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An ever-giving God: the narrative
model for the Trinity. (Ven Jan Clark)
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14:08/
2.42 MB
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The Dry Bones
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31-May-09
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Ezekiel 37: 1-14; John 15:
26-27, 16: 4b-15
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Doom and gloom and hope: Ezekiel's
vision of the coming of the Spirit. (Revd John Sherlock)
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10:36/
1.82 MB
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Betwixt
and Between
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24-May-09
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John 17: 6-19
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In this world, but not of it;
our part in God's great drama of salvation. (Revd Shirley Brunton)
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9:57/
1.70 MB
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Autumn Pruning
- Ouch!
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10-May-09
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Acts 8: 26-40; 1 John 4: 7-21;
John 15: 1-8
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Seeing God's action in the
painful, character-forming parts of life. (Revd Shirley
Brunton)
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10:16/
1.76 MB
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Listening
to the Shepherd
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3-May-09
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John 10: 11-18
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Different types of listening.
Using selective hearing to recognise and follow God's voice.
(Ven Jan Clark)
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11:53/
2.04 MB
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The
Way Things Are Made
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12-Apr-09
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Mark 16: 1-8
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Butterflies and stars: what
the Resurrection tells us about the nature of the Universe.
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12:46/
2.19 MB
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Looking
for Truth in all the Wrong Places
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5-Apr-09
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John 12: 12-16
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"The
medium is the message" - Jesus and Pilate, and the point of
prayer and other spiritual practices.
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15:21/
2.63 MB
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What
Do You Really Want?
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29-Mar-09
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John 12: 20-33
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Psychological
needs and real needs, and a strange answer to a simple question.
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16:16/
2.79 MB
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King
of All Israel
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22-Mar-09
7:00 p.m.
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King
David 5: "A man after God's own heart" - David's strategies
for uniting a nation.
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14:52/
2.55 MB
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The Witch
of Endor
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8-Mar-09
7:00 p.m.
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2 Samuel 22: 1-20
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King
David 4: Saul's downfall, and how David built his kingdom.
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21:13/
3.64 MB
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Counterintuitive
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8-Mar-09
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Genesis 17: 1-7, 15-16; Mark
8: 31-38
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The
times when we have to abandon our instincts in order to survive, and where
to look for guidance.
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15:26/
2.65 MB
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The Wilderness
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1-Mar-09
7:00 p.m.
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King
David 3: how a time of uncertainty and change gave David
the skills he needed for kingship.
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19:40/
3.37 MB
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The Place
Between
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1-Mar-09
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Genesis 9: 8-17; Mark 1: 9-15
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Jesus
in the wilderness, and the times of transition which we
all experience.
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18:50/
3.23 MB
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The Tangled
Web
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22-Feb-09
7:00 p.m.
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King
David 2: David's friends and enemies during a crucial
phase of his life.
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21:11/
3.63 MB
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Says Who?
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22-Feb-09
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Mark 2: 1-12
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Transcending
the limits; our restrictive internal rules, and how
to recognise and overcome them.
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16:40/
2.86 MB
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David
and Goliath
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15-Feb-09
7:00 p.m.
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1 Samuel
17: 31-51
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King David 1: an unlikely king - how a deeply flawed
person became the hope of Israel.
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19:23/
3.32 MB
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The Heart
of Being
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15-Feb-09
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2 Kings
5: 1-14; Mark 1: 40-45
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Naaman and the singed koala: learning to
let go of those parts of ourselves which aren't fundamental.
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15:34/
2.67 MB
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On
Wings Like Eagles
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8-Feb-09
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Isaiah
40: 21-31; Matthew 8:23 - 9:1
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Our deepest fears, and the larger context which
dispels them.
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12:10/
2.08 MB
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The
Word Became Flesh
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1-Feb-09
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Hebrews
2: 14-18; John 1: 1-14
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Two pictures of incarnation. Why it matters
that Jesus was fully human as well as divine. (Includes "The Gardener",
copyright Alan Firth 2007)
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16:34/
2.84 MB
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The Deep
Stream
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25-Jan-09
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Mark 1:
14-20
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President Obama's inaugural speech; a reminder
to pay attention to our underlying values.
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11:08/
1.91 MB
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All
You Need is Love
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18-Jan-09
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John 1:
43-51
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Our need for love and acceptance. What
it means to be loved.
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14:34/
2.50 MB
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The
Waters of Baptism
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11-Jan-09
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Genesis
1: 1-5; Acts 19: 1-7; Mark 1: 9-11
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The ceremony of baptism, and how it connects
us with our origins.
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11:28/
1.97 MB
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Epiphany
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4-Jan-09
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Matthew
2: 1-12
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New ideas from surprising places - our changing experiences of
a timeless God.
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13:59/
2.40 MB
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