with Nina Khouri

Nina Khouri © 7 August 2022

Todays talk draws on:-
https://buddhismnow.com/2011/04/20/compose-your-minds-by-ajahn-sumedho/

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Welcome:- includes an adapted excerpt from “Come Whoever You Are” By Marilyn Falkowski

Opening Words:- “Be Here, in This Moment” By Chip Roush

Chalice Lighting:- draws on “Every Endeavor Begins With a First Step” By Charles F Flagg

Closing Words:- “Being Present” By Elena Westbrook

with Derek Handley

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Derek Handley © 31 July 2022

Meditation / Conversation starter:

• What opposites or paradoxes are you dealing with in your life?
• How are you coping within that allness of all things?

with Rev. Clay Nelson

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Clay Nelson © 24 July 2022

Think back two and half years ago to the day before you heard of Coronavirus breaking out in Wuhan, China. Whatever that was like for you, that was normal. For me, I was a newlywed. I had not even learned what that new normal meant for me yet. I certainly hadn’t anticipated that we would spend most of two and a half years sheltering in place, just the two of us with Waldo for company, discovering what our normal was. So when I hear someone longing for life to return to normal, I’m not sure what their normal is. Perhaps, I should focus on knowing the future instead. Irony, apparently, is my forte.

with Rev. Clay Nelson

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Clay Nelson © 17 July 2022

I would like to give you a peek behind the curtain to see one of the blessings, or possibly curses, of being in my line of work. If you have been doing it as long as I have, it is nearly impossible not to see the world continuously through theological lenses. It is not a conscious decision anymore. It is just my reality and as involuntary as breathing. Nothing I’m doing is exempt from theological reflection. It doesn’t matter if it is reading my Facebook feed, bingeing on Netflix, hearing music in many genres, holding Rachel’s hand, playing peek-a-boo with a grandchild, eating a Macca burger, playing fetch with Waldo, or walking on the beach after a storm. You get my gist. Bloody everything reverberates with theological discernment for me. Everything. It can be exhausting as it feeds my imagination to overflowing.

with David Hines
Worship Leader:- Nina Khouri
Song Leader:- Sally Mabelle

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David Hines © 3 July 2022

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Introduction

Usually when I preach in church it’s because I’ve done some homework on a subject and think it might be useful to other people. Today I’m in the opposite situation. I’ve done a survey on Christian karakia. But the problem is more complicated than I realised, so I would appreciate your input before I come to a firm conclusion. As a second step, I would like to take your conclusions to other groups, such as atheists, Jews and Muslims, and then to the government.

with Rev. Clay Nelson

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Clay Nelson © 12 June 2022

A quick perusal of the internet tells me I should wait for one of the equinoxes, when day and night are equal, to muse on balance and absolutely not when the winter solstice is approaching, but where is the fun in that? When reality is in balance in perfect alignment with my life, where is the challenge? My experience says that when I really need to know how to keep my balance is when my world is dark, nameless, unknown, and infinite. It is my spiritual practice to find light in darkness, name the nameless, accept the unknown, and welcome the infinite.

with Rev. Clay Nelson

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Clay Nelson © 5 June 2022

Forty years ago, this past week, my seminary released me into the world to begin my ordained ministry. In all those years, an Annual General Meeting has never provoked me to preach a musing on one of the discussions held.