Real People, Real Questions
Questions about the Resurrection
Preached Sunday 10th November, 2019 at Turramurra Uniting Church Series:Real People, Real QuestionsGuest Speaker: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Luke 20:27-38 How does it feel to be excluded? Have you ever had the experience of being left out? How did it feel? This series was designed to explore some of the real questions that real people ask. This week I had a reminder of just how real this is. I have been involved in helping plan and officiating at for three Read more
The fear of inclusiveness
Preached Sunday 3rd November, 2019 at Turramurra Uniting Church Series:Real People, Real QuestionsGuest Speaker: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Luke 19:1-10 How does it feel to be excluded? Have you ever had the experience of being left out? How did it feel? As you would know, I am somewhat of a confident person and self-esteem has never really been an issue for me. However, I have felt the pain of exclusion. One memory is of my first Boys Brigade overnight camp. Read more
Being Judgemental
Preached Sunday 27 October, 2019 at Turramurra Uniting Church Series:Real People, Real QuestionsGuest Speaker: Geoff LeslieBible Reading: Luke 18: 9-14 Reflection I had the most amazing grandfather who was an incredible influence on my faith journey, even though at the time I did not realise it. He was an elder at his church from the age of 16 to the time he died in his early 90s. His lifelong philosophy was “if you couldn’t say something nice about someone, don’t Read more
Whats the deal with Prayer?
Preached Sunday 20 October, 2019 at Turramurra Uniting Church Series:Real People, Real QuestionsPreacher: Rev Phil SwainBible Reading: Luke 18:1-8 Sermon We live in an age of google when you think that people should not have any questions anymore (just google it) but people do. Actually, I think that people have more questions than ever. What I want to explore today is what we do with those questions… When I was at theological college, we had small groups of students and Read more