Questions of "Who am I?" and "Where do I belong?" are key to our humanity. This sermon explores how in Baptism and the Church God gives us an answer.
The final 4 chapters of Samuel explore the relationship between God's sovereign rule over history and the responsibility of human rulers to administer justice. They also touch on the cost of reconciliation between warring parties.
The ancient story of Jezebel arranging Naboth's murder in order to steal his vineyard has powerful insights for Christians as we grapple with the legacy of colonization in Australia.
In his novel The Plague, Albert Camus says that our common human experience is one of suffering and exile longing for love. Through Jesus' reconciling work on the cross, God brings us exiles home.
What does the Christian faith have to say Reconciliation? The first Pentecost, where people from many languages heard the wonders of God declared in their own tongues gives us a clue.