August 2019

Jesus teachings about conflict and community, Matthew 18:15-20. August 14, 2019 by Barro

Womin-Jeka, (which is the local Wurundjeri indigenous phrase for welcome in my part of Australia) sisters and brothers and warm greetings from a cold and wet Melbourne winter. I trust all is well in your world. Today’s gospel text comes from Matthew 18:15-20 where Jesus teaches his disciples about how to deal with sin in […]

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Jesus heals the daughter of a Canaanite woman, Matthew 15:21-28. August 7, 2019

Ata marie te whanau o Ihu Karaiti, rangimarie ki a koutou katoa. Peace be with you, the family of Christ this morning. Today our gospel text is Matthew 15:21-28, ‘the daughter of a Canaanite woman healed’. As with all the accounts of the life of Jesus that follow his road trip through Palestine this text […]

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