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Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 week ago.
How many special ‘days’ can you name? New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Easter Day, ANZAC Day... The public holidays are the easiest to remember, but there are many less high-profile ones each year: International Women’s Day, Harmony Day, etc. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 2 weeks ago.
Churchgoing has changed. Not so long ago most Anglican services were similar – we all used the prayer book, including the evening services with youth members. We felt we belonged to the parish as a whole – to all congregations – despite having our home base. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 3 weeks ago.
How can we use our weekly services to reach out to our community? As Anglicans we have inherited a pattern of church services, but if we were to invent them from scratch, what would they look like? Would we have a basic order of things, or would we toss all the pieces in the air each week? Would read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 month ago.
Christian ministers have long complained that our society is in denial about death. This was a standard line as I was growing up – perhaps you’ve heard similar things in sermons. Maybe it used to be true, but I’m not sure it’s such a problem any more. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 month ago.
Everybody eats. The need to stop for meals is something we have in common with every other human being. The same is true of sleeping, but there’s something special about meals. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 1 month ago.
Did you catch the story this week about the collision in Victoria? A badly-injured driver was trapped in his vehicle, and the ambulance paramedics arrived too late - they could only confirm that he was dead. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 2 months ago.
This week I attempted to fix our washing machine guided by a 10-minute Youtube video. We live in an age when we are responsible for our own ‘upskilling’. It’s assumed that when you buy a new device you’ll have to spend time figuring out how to get the most out of it. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 2 months ago.
As I was having breakfast on Monday, I half-heard a radio report of some sort of robbery, at Dundas Sports Club of all places. The next day it made the papers: ‘Elderly woman pistol-whipped during armed robbery at Dundas’ said one headline. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 2 months ago.
At 11.30am Sunday March 25th we will be holding our Parish Annual General Meeting. I’m looking forward to it. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 2 months ago.
I’m currently reading a brilliant Christian book called ‘The Mortification of Sin’. The title is a quote from an older English translation of the Bible, and the book is a guide and encouragement for getting rid of sin in the Christian life. read more ...
Posted by Alan Lukabyo 3 months ago.
In last weekend’s sermon I said that the true power for Christian growth doesn’t come from guilt or goal-setting, but from a deepening love for Jesus. The more precious Jesus is to us, the more we desire to live a life that glorifies him. read more ...
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