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Citizen Focus: Father Dave – Marrickville Matters: December, 2007
Father David Smith Is a local icon born and bred in the area and known as the “Fighting Father” or “the boxing priest”. Father Dave is reverend at the Holy Trinity Church in Dulwich Hill and spends a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dulwich Hill, Father Dave, Father David Smith, Holy Trinity, Holy Trinity Church, priest, series, Trinity, violence, work
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Troubled Aussie Youths Find Friend in “Fighting Father Dave” – The Billings Gazette, March 7 2009
It seems like a paradox: teach unruly youths how to box to dissuade them from pursuing a life of violence. But an Anglican priest from Australia swears that it works. The Rev. Dave Smith serves as the priest at Holy Trinity … Continue reading
Why I’m not a Hospital Chaplain
My colleague, Father Elias, began his sermon on the Sunday I was in hospital by saying, “I think if it had appeared in the paper that a priest had threatened to beat up a fellow patient in a Sydney Hospital, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Stuff
Tagged bed, Father Elias, guy, Homer, Hospital, position, priest, Sydney Hospital
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Jesus is Angry (John 2:13-25)
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Gospels
Tagged church, depiction of Jesus, door, Gentle Jesus, Lord Jesus, Ministry, moment, priest
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Jesus was Tempted! Matthew 4:1-11)
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, Hebrews, Jesus, priest, rejection, sympathise, temptation, temptations of Jesus
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Extreme Widows! (Mark 12:41-44)
My focus here is on three widows – Ruth, her mother-in-law Naomi, and a nameless pensioner who puts all her livelihood into the offertory plate! As ever, the characters the Bible brings before us as heroes of the faith are … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons: Gospels
Tagged Aristotle, Gospel, Jesus, Mark Twain, mother-in-law, offertory, priest, reading
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Jesus heals a man with who won’t shut up! (Mark 1:40-45)
“And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with compassion , he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be … Continue reading
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Tagged guy, Jesus, leper, leprosy, miracle, miracles of Jesus, priest
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