An extract from the Dean's sermon for Sunday, 22 March 2020. (Full sermon) Finally, embrace this opportunity for a change of pace. Let’s all slow down for a ...

This opinion piece appeared in The Daily Examiner on Thursday, 12 March 2020 "Facts not fear. Clean hands. Open hearts." With these seven simple words, Dr Ab...

Lent 2 ABM A Genesis 12: 1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17, John 3:1-17 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We know tha...

An excerpt from the Deans's sermon for Sunday, 1 March 2020 Perhaps not surprisingly on this first Sunday in Lent, the Bible readings chosen for today tends ...

200223 Last Sunday after Epiphany. Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2, 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17: 1-9 + In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spi...

An extract from the Dean's sermon for Sunday, 16 February 2020. In times of stress, we are more likely to lash out and to seek to score points at the expense...

An excerpt from the Dean's sermon for Sunday, 9 February 2020 God is not opposed to good architecture, fine music, good liturgies and powerful preaching; but...

An exact from the Dean's sermon for Australia Day: Australia has been teetering on the edge of the abyss as a serious climate emergency has seemingly caught ...

An extract from a sermon by the Dean of Grafton on Sunday, 5 January 2020; the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Jesus. So here we are celebrating this ancie...

A Christmas sermon by the Dean of Grafton: Around the world today millions of people will engage in various rituals to mark the birth of Jesus more than 2,00...

Extract from a sermon at Grafton Cathedral on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 22 December 2019: Running through the readings set for today is the theme “son of ...

Extract from a sermon at Grafton Cathedral on Jacaranda Sunday, 27 October 2019: ​​Hyperbole was one of Jesus’ favourite tools, and we certainly seem to have...

An extract from the Dean's sermon on Sunday, 20 October 2019: Two people head into Grafton Cathedral. They were both going to prayer. Maybe to light a candle...

A sermon at Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Archdeacon Wayne Brighton, Rector of Holy Covenant Church, Canberra Festival of St Michael and All Angels 29 Se...

Extract from a sermon by the Dean on the Third Sunday in Creation: Storm Sunday (15 September 2019): In the next chapter of Genesis, God will breathe into th...