Sunday 17th September 2023 – Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: It is easy to be guilty of paying lip service to forgiveness. It is easy to say “I forgive you.” when, in actual fact, you...
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St James Dandenong
- Sep 14
- 3 min
Sunday 10th September 2023 – Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: Caring for God's people - Matthew 18:10-20 Do you care for God’s people? Do you care for your brothers and sisters in Christ?...
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St James Dandenong
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Sunday 3rd September 2023 – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: 24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me....
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St James Dandenong
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Sunday 27th August 2023 – Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: Who is Jesus for you? Maybe you believe that Jesus never existed – a fact that has never been questioned by any ancient...
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St James Dandenong
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Sunday 20th August 2023 – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: Today is Mission Sunday where we place emphasis upon task of making disciples of Jesus, proclaiming the gospel to the...
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St James Dandenong
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Sunday 13th August 2023 – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: In our reading from Romans today we have one of the earliest Credal statements of the Christian, long before the great creeds...
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St James Dandenong
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Sunday 6th August 2023 – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: What qualifies us to be part of God’s family, citizens of God’s kingdom? In this passage of Romans 9, Paul takes up this...
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St James Dandenong
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Sunday 30th July 2023 – Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: Have you ever felt in your life of faith that it is like God is a million miles away, that the circumstances of life have so...
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St James Dandenong
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Sunday 23rd July 2023 – Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: The story of patron saint, James the son of Zebedee, is short but compelling. It is the story of a man plucked from everyday...
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St James Dandenong
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Sunday 16th July 2023 – Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: No condemnation! (Romans 8:1-4) I don’t know if you’ve noticed but, just like in chapter 5, our passage today begins with a...
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St James Dandenong
- Jul 8
- 3 min
Sunday 9th July 2023 – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Says the Apostle Paul. And...
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St James Dandenong
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Sunday 2nd July 2023 – Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION In Paul’s discussion concerning sin, which began not just in the passage we looked at last week but much even as early as...
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St James Dandenong
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Sunday 25th June 2023 – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION Romans 6:1-11 continues the very reasoned and logical teaching Paul is giving around the nature of our salvation. His concern...
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St James Dandenong
- Jun 17
- 2 min
Sunday 18th June 2023 – Third Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION Imagine that you need a well-deserved holiday and a friend of yours invites you to Paradise Island resort in the Maldives in...
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St James Dandenong
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Sunday 11th June 2023 – Second Sunday After Pentecost
REFLECTION: 2 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:5 “A Certain Hope in Uncertain Times” Many of us have been living some of the most uncertain days of...
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St James Dandenong
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Sunday 4th June 2023 – Trinity Sunday
REFLECTION: In our Gospel reading today, there’s a grammatical detail pointing to the fact that the God of the Bible is one in three...
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St James Dandenong
- May 27
- 2 min
Sunday 28th May 2023 – Day of Pentecost
REFLECTION: Acts 2:1-21 - The coming of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is the birthday of the church; a wonderful celebration of God’s...
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St James Dandenong
- May 20
- 2 min
Sunday 21st May 2023 – Seventh Sunday of Easter
REFLECTION: Do you want to be strong in your faith? What’s the secret of a strong faith especially when we suffer? I don’t know what...
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St James Dandenong
- May 14
- 2 min
Sunday 14th May 2023 – Sixth Sunday of Easter
REFLECTION: 1 Peter 3:8-22 “Our Christian Witness” When we are interested in getting involved with something as important as a church, we...
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St James Dandenong
- May 7
- 3 min
Sunday 7th May 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter
REFLECTION: 1 Peter 2:11-25 “Living as God’s people in the World” What does it mean in our daily living to live as God’s holy people? It...
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