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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...

St James Dandenong
Jul 28, 20231 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jul 15, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jul 8, 20233 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jun 30, 20232 min read


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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Jun 23, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jun 17, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jun 9, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
Jun 2, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
May 28, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
May 20, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
May 14, 20232 min read


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...

St James Dandenong
May 7, 20233 min read


Sunday 30th April 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter
REFLECTION: 1 Peter 2:1-10 God’s Own People Peter compares the experience of turning to Christ like that of changing your nationality. We...

St James Dandenong
Apr 28, 20233 min read


Sunday 23rd April 2023 – Third Sunday after Easter
REFLECTION:1 Peter 1:13-25 “Be Holy as I am Holy” Are you Holy? What would need to change in your life for you to be holy? What does it...

St James Dandenong
Apr 22, 20232 min read


Sunday 16th April 2023 – Second Sunday after Easter
REFLECTION: 1 Peter 1:1-12 - A Living Hope I was struck at Easter by the news coverage of the Easter church services. Just about every...

St James Dandenong
Apr 14, 20233 min read


Sunday 9th April 2023 – Easter Sunday
REFLECTION: Christ is risen – he’s risen indeed! Really? Do you really believe that Christ is risen? Do you really believe that he came...

St James Dandenong
Apr 6, 20232 min read


Sunday 2nd April 2023 – Sixth Sunday in Lent
REFLECTION: Matthew 26:14-30 “The New Covenant Meal” To understand who Jesus is, we need to go back a lot further than just his parents...

St James Dandenong
Mar 30, 20233 min read


Sunday 26th March 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
REFLECTION: John 11:1-45 “I am the resurrection and the life” The raising of Lazarus is one of the most well-known passages of the New...

St James Dandenong
Mar 24, 20233 min read


Sunday 19th March 2023 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
REFLECTION: John 9. Believe and See! Would you say that you are prejudiced? We don’t like to think of ourselves as being prejudiced. To...

St James Dandenong
Mar 17, 20233 min read


Sunday 12th March 2023 – Third Sunday in Lent
REFLECTION: One of the most famous verses in the whole Bible says that “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that...

St James Dandenong
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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