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The secret of the grain that falls
An extract from the Dean's sermon for Sunday, 2 September 2018: “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and...

Dean Greg Jenks
Sep 1, 20181 min read
You have the words of eternal life
[video of the sermon] Pentecost 14B 1 Kings 8:22-24, 39-43 Psalm 84 Ephesians 6: 10-20 John 6:56-69 In the name of the Father and of the...

Dean Greg Jenks
Aug 25, 20185 min read
Wisdom and discernment
180819 Pentecost 13B 1 Kings 2:10–12; 3:3–14, Ephesians 5:11–21 John 6:51–58 There are many examples we can heed throughout the...

Dean Greg Jenks
Aug 18, 20185 min read
Transfigured!
Transfiguration B Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14 Psalm 97 2 Peter 1.16-19 (21-21), Mark 9. 2-10 + In the name of the Father and of the Son and...

Dean Greg Jenks
Aug 2, 20185 min read
Using the Bible faithfully
An excerpt from the Dean's sermon on Sunday, 1 July 2018: All Christians use the Bible, although some think that calling themselves a...

Dean Greg Jenks
Jul 1, 20182 min read
Learning to live by faith
Pentecost 5 B 2018 1 Samuel 17:32-49, 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13, Mark 4:35-41 ✠ In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...

Dean Greg Jenks
Jun 24, 20185 min read


Marking Jesus
During June and July we have an opportunity to reflect on some of the ways that the Gospel of Mark represented Jesus to its readers. So...

Dean Greg Jenks
Jun 5, 20182 min read


Community of love
Trinity 2018 Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17 + In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

Dean Greg Jenks
May 26, 20185 min read


Harvest of divine love
At Pentecost we celebrate the presence of God among us, within us and between as the Spirit of Life, the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy...

Dean Greg Jenks
May 24, 20181 min read


Are we serious about Christian unity
As we reflect on the challenges faced by all Christian communities in contemporary Australian society, it may be worth reflecting on our...

Dean Greg Jenks
May 14, 20181 min read
The mystical spirituality of love
Easter 6 Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-12, John 15:9-17 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen In...

Dean Greg Jenks
May 7, 20185 min read


Lives embedded in love
An extract from the Dean's sermon on Sundays, 29 April 2018 The deep Good News—not the headline story, but the deep news—is not that God...

Dean Greg Jenks
Apr 29, 20181 min read


Earthlings first and last
An extract from the Dean's sermon for Earth Sunday, 22 April 2018. We are children of Earth, fashioned from the Earth by the creative...

Dean Greg Jenks
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Better than silver or gold
Extract from the Dean's sermon from Sunday, 15 April 2018. Sometimes it will be easy to have faith and sometimes it will be hard....

Dean Greg Jenks
Apr 14, 20181 min read
Witnesses to transformation
An extract from the Easter sermon of the Dean Despite the gaps and inconsistences in their stories our witnesses agree on a simple, yet...

Dean Greg Jenks
Apr 1, 20181 min read
Rethinking the cross
What matters about the cross is that God honoured the faith of Jesus, and God did not allow violent political forces to stamp out his...

Dean Greg Jenks
Mar 30, 20181 min read
At the Supper of the Lord
Maundy Thursday Exodus 12;1-4.. 11-14 Ps 116:1-2. 11-18, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-17, 31b – 35 + In the name of the Father...

Dean Greg Jenks
Mar 29, 20185 min read
The Easter Mysteries
From next Sunday's pew bulletin ... It is an ancient Christian tradition to speak about the ‘Easter mysteries’. We can trace this...

Dean Greg Jenks
Mar 28, 20182 min read


When words fail
An extract from the Dean's sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (18 March 2018). The gospel of John offers us a third poetic image, and...

Dean Greg Jenks
Mar 17, 20181 min read


Turning to the cross
180311 Lent 4B Numbers 21.4-9 & Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2.1-10 John 3.14-21 [video] IMAGE AT LEFT: A bronze serpent that evokes...

Dean Greg Jenks
Mar 10, 20185 min read
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