tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18394401112686672742024-03-13T23:47:24.116+11:00The Idea of HomeFaith in everyday lifeAlison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comBlogger566125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-33612130181546106782024-01-30T12:21:00.003+11:002024-01-30T12:21:38.803+11:00The final voyage PLUS new blog: Alison and the whale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfamIDIw1ftMXLeaXj7-V5WMSlHL8Rc3QArXmgc3G8sDkIpgtu92ed4y95iU729GpksnkNzIuZeZrCQVukFbZWxy6WMAThrS7m-piJ9SJTSxIVRn9iC9_P_5vaDP1ch6Zbxzoq5kvepetuwhhaz-d8lGgf8LN2GFnc4e9JFNmD1KGzNK_nRyHLLfp1_Ss/s1920/Whale%20-%20chinh-le-duc-8t9uyncwnHc-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfamIDIw1ftMXLeaXj7-V5WMSlHL8Rc3QArXmgc3G8sDkIpgtu92ed4y95iU729GpksnkNzIuZeZrCQVukFbZWxy6WMAThrS7m-piJ9SJTSxIVRn9iC9_P_5vaDP1ch6Zbxzoq5kvepetuwhhaz-d8lGgf8LN2GFnc4e9JFNmD1KGzNK_nRyHLLfp1_Ss/s320/Whale%20-%20chinh-le-duc-8t9uyncwnHc-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>To my beautiful faithful shipmates who still turn up here from time to time and wonder if there will be ever be another voyage:</p><p>Now Sanctuary's finished up, I'm finally admitting the blogger platform is a decade past its use-by day.</p><p>So I've moved across to a new site, to alisonandthewhale.com (<a href="https://alisonandthewhale.com/">here</a>).</p><p>There you'll find you'll find ... not much at all yet! But I've kicked things off with a conversation with Simon Holt at Collins Street Baptist about one of my favourite topics, Jonah, and will slowly add posts. Some will be old and barnacle encrusted; others, fresh as a new-bubbling spring. I'm thinking prayers, sermons, thoughts, conversations: whatever gets caught in the net. </p><p>But I won't be cross-posting here anymore.</p><p>May you have fair winds and following seas. </p><p>Love, alison x</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-85014017744795607422023-11-26T21:20:00.002+11:002023-11-26T21:20:28.099+11:00Farewell Sanctuary, my beautiful beloveds<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosbzRlvgPHzZc_FJI0Ei-QlyOgCm3HyMTmxosdCueXPFwk1UjHaVE9JgFOQuQ0H77tiTYvcIqDRxQC1ItUmbZpgyAehEtLitrX8TCYBRYOW2S1snpIqS_7EIC5atTHawvomKmeaDOXFzWB5Ti89twA8KNwhTFENbbL1N82hd8uKLutixxnRbCOX6zTNw/s634/James%20He%20Qi%20The%20Doubt%20of%20St%20Thomas,%202014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="634" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosbzRlvgPHzZc_FJI0Ei-QlyOgCm3HyMTmxosdCueXPFwk1UjHaVE9JgFOQuQ0H77tiTYvcIqDRxQC1ItUmbZpgyAehEtLitrX8TCYBRYOW2S1snpIqS_7EIC5atTHawvomKmeaDOXFzWB5Ti89twA8KNwhTFENbbL1N82hd8uKLutixxnRbCOX6zTNw/s320/James%20He%20Qi%20The%20Doubt%20of%20St%20Thomas,%202014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Once upon a time, nearly eight years ago, some of us did something very foolish. A bunch of people who had mostly drifted away from church or were burned by church or had been rejected by church bumped into a quirky minister on holiday, and wondered if they might try again ... Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/11/26/john-farewell-sanctuary-my-beautiful-beloveds/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/35y4b8/Sanctuary_Final_-_Sermon7ndq1.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-60606806632142943732023-11-19T19:39:00.003+11:002023-11-19T19:39:53.454+11:00Matthew | Who profits? Who pays?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2kq8vZOoWmyOuCZ485V9EA0dEWuJNBPXWQgHzpyXamgwWGNJL2FgZvJlsUfoZVlLE9kwJxbWFYUIo2f1h9Ot6ziq9Rw1tFpXFyVWlbKe4s43Of09Ye3gZDVyQLXRbft2HWZPHkNMWfuFl-9DwWFI1TLWJxlcFoOuVlRFMJS_lkaOcgkArpOSC3diqPY/s1920/Who%20profits%20Who%20pays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2kq8vZOoWmyOuCZ485V9EA0dEWuJNBPXWQgHzpyXamgwWGNJL2FgZvJlsUfoZVlLE9kwJxbWFYUIo2f1h9Ot6ziq9Rw1tFpXFyVWlbKe4s43Of09Ye3gZDVyQLXRbft2HWZPHkNMWfuFl-9DwWFI1TLWJxlcFoOuVlRFMJS_lkaOcgkArpOSC3diqPY/s320/Who%20profits%20Who%20pays.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Once upon a time, there was a billionaire who was rather fond of cage fighting. But what with the collapse of an overseas stock market, and a royal commission, and a great deal of lobbying to protect his interests, he’d had a hard year. He needed to take some me-time, and chillax. But before he went away, he called in his chief investors ... a story and a hermeneutic. Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/11/19/matthew-the-billionaire-the-stockbroker-and-the-storyteller/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uw7fzn/AP28_2023_The_billionaire7xjkv.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-28871199488117111152023-11-12T18:43:00.003+11:002023-11-12T18:43:24.303+11:00Matthew | Ten foolish bridesmaids, embraced<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVblFpWEjqIp2aiSWxqsKSmP3NXytgs_9HxVjPckBnQ6AVHMlTtAGmpCzG1DDfnBS57ocLX94YWlqqixKc6I6O7cd6s17iF5Cg1tWyU5AH5SkIhu4FVQBb1z-H-lBHYjXLkP2E0feHAfssW7Vmg81GjkGJdlyjmrtbfUlBMrpdLEW1wXYv13MtOeUiyY/s1920/Matthew%2025'1_The%20kingdom%20of%20heaven,%20ten%20bridesmaids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVblFpWEjqIp2aiSWxqsKSmP3NXytgs_9HxVjPckBnQ6AVHMlTtAGmpCzG1DDfnBS57ocLX94YWlqqixKc6I6O7cd6s17iF5Cg1tWyU5AH5SkIhu4FVQBb1z-H-lBHYjXLkP2E0feHAfssW7Vmg81GjkGJdlyjmrtbfUlBMrpdLEW1wXYv13MtOeUiyY/s320/Matthew%2025'1_The%20kingdom%20of%20heaven,%20ten%20bridesmaids.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Ten bridesmaids. We may hear this story as a Boy Scout lesson: Be prepared! Then we find some sick hungry homeless people, in order to earn our service badge and win the approval of our scoutmaster-king. But some of us are less confident about our belonging, and hear the story differently. Tonight from Sanctuary ... read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/11/12/matthew-five-foolish-bridesmaids-embraced/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vynzqj/AP27_2023_Foolish_bridesmaids5zn4d.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-83712898315221270272023-11-05T19:36:00.003+11:002023-11-05T19:36:28.859+11:00Matthew | Authority in the church<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eSewiFG7kYYWZEi_HpipErJx0nbsrlb04_ki35S7pcjVEAMdB65gZKZOV4PejDvyDmXveLtKJ-DeeyNYQGgTg65pbgDI1qOuKFQzup6tTHxdn8ajinEGGpVGJy66UcjEaw14SDuK8TLC9k6EHiVsgSzwV87DG4VlaI4lo36bGewbSEvcUmKtudS7B5o/s1280/Julia%20Stankova%20-%20The%20washing%20of%20the%20disciples%20feet.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1280" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eSewiFG7kYYWZEi_HpipErJx0nbsrlb04_ki35S7pcjVEAMdB65gZKZOV4PejDvyDmXveLtKJ-DeeyNYQGgTg65pbgDI1qOuKFQzup6tTHxdn8ajinEGGpVGJy66UcjEaw14SDuK8TLC9k6EHiVsgSzwV87DG4VlaI4lo36bGewbSEvcUmKtudS7B5o/s320/Julia%20Stankova%20-%20The%20washing%20of%20the%20disciples%20feet.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Look for leaders who love. Beware any setting, structure or dynamic where pastors don’t have external supervision, power is unchecked, accountability is opaque, or judgement, fear or shame are being deployed. Jesus came to bring truth and transparency, healing and wholeness, love, life and peace: so seek out those who radiate these qualities with good humour, humility and grace ... Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/11/05/matthew-authority-in-the-church/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8jwykw/AP26_2023_Authority7go1f.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-82552826131728535652023-10-29T18:38:00.000+11:002023-10-29T18:38:00.667+11:00Matthew | The demands of love<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZmrXanyj_yiWy1UKm5akg23DQwndRhXPmkN3S1dRJtnzmWhEE4zcDGAN_u34xj-yeUNTE-n25kXVMWc936wS9h8h0RRFg_FsDJGP9ahMxQzbEnKalyq3018ALk4XwXGa6kDCjeav2o-7IUnm1iSgTufeT2m6D80SOA0zLAQBA-hcTPKlNABA5L1RC9o/s1920/Matthew%2022'39%20_Love%20your%20neighbour%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZmrXanyj_yiWy1UKm5akg23DQwndRhXPmkN3S1dRJtnzmWhEE4zcDGAN_u34xj-yeUNTE-n25kXVMWc936wS9h8h0RRFg_FsDJGP9ahMxQzbEnKalyq3018ALk4XwXGa6kDCjeav2o-7IUnm1iSgTufeT2m6D80SOA0zLAQBA-hcTPKlNABA5L1RC9o/s320/Matthew%2022'39%20_Love%20your%20neighbour%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>Perhaps you’ve seen About a Boy, which is really about two boys, or maybe more. One is twelve-year-old Marcus, growing up in precarious circumstances. The other is the beautifully named Will Freeman. Will is a man-child whose wealth has insulated him from other people, and from life itself. Yet through one of his most selfish decisions, he’s thrown into the path of young Marcus; and Marcus begins to make demands on him ...</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/10/29/matthew-the-demands-of-love/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8kiaqu/AP25_2023_Ibiza6elwt.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-54945043191444362932023-10-15T18:48:00.005+11:002023-10-15T18:48:36.931+11:00Philippians | In the depths of anguish, joy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRlQgR0_jISlNK7k4Onv68N-LiodvK-FWAMq8PadYOfp2SvPNqa6jXMaSkVmMCKwmVEW0leIk6jr_OCkXhynfaYK5cMvvH5uuDvh18ZLtuM5LzjlQZiH_f6nX0-XqCdcF9aZiLZ1cXT6CNL-KEb6x1Rk64pCCI2VDWOdiO83cBDKqmOklAnpQzwYkv6g/s1920/Philippians%204'6-%20Pray%20about%20everything.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRlQgR0_jISlNK7k4Onv68N-LiodvK-FWAMq8PadYOfp2SvPNqa6jXMaSkVmMCKwmVEW0leIk6jr_OCkXhynfaYK5cMvvH5uuDvh18ZLtuM5LzjlQZiH_f6nX0-XqCdcF9aZiLZ1cXT6CNL-KEb6x1Rk64pCCI2VDWOdiO83cBDKqmOklAnpQzwYkv6g/s320/Philippians%204'6-%20Pray%20about%20everything.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">n these days of terror and sadness, in this time of myriad personal and public griefs, in the bleak and terrible NO from the Australian electorate, in the anguish of many First Nations people, in the wounds of the earth and the worries about climate and the cries from Israel and Palestine and everywhere else, we can still know joy.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/10/15/philippians-in-the-depths-of-anguish-joy/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/izbvqf/AP23_2023_Anguish_and_joybb4lo.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-7472145208381177792023-10-08T20:21:00.004+11:002023-10-08T20:21:57.037+11:00Matthew | Called to be custodians<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RNZFHASRKHQ6kLa0tqAWbPnMcY3cUhrj6oyLtOGquEX538NeWWuUqxZtivb1XjCLAcslH_cBDvQ5KLp61eWZ0zUA2Q-LTHIUzC7m6H8kEz3WRn28Hki3JQ1DnzBLqsCYWTggrgxWh1x-HR_kxQtC8Spu7QzQAJkYJk722ViHGwfp9G4vHZAVwmTKq5w/s1920/Matthew%2021'42%20-%20The%20cornerstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7RNZFHASRKHQ6kLa0tqAWbPnMcY3cUhrj6oyLtOGquEX538NeWWuUqxZtivb1XjCLAcslH_cBDvQ5KLp61eWZ0zUA2Q-LTHIUzC7m6H8kEz3WRn28Hki3JQ1DnzBLqsCYWTggrgxWh1x-HR_kxQtC8Spu7QzQAJkYJk722ViHGwfp9G4vHZAVwmTKq5w/s320/Matthew%2021'42%20-%20The%20cornerstone.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17.1px;">In a world racked by climate change, we need the wisdom of custodians. Read </span><a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/10/08/matthew-called-to-be-custodians/" style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17.1px;">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17.1px;"> or listen </span><a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2wggv3/AP22_2023_Custodians_of_the_land7mfcm.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17.1px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17.1px;">.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-15871764454399976142023-09-17T18:36:00.003+10:002023-09-17T18:36:34.288+10:00Matthew, Exodus | Seventy-seven leads to hell or heaven<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxKwoFHn4mjFUNkuw9nSVRHxZ67vonGPFDv9_eBhanoZ7QY-z6bKhODbHv0VaYNqmom5KOEUoLURsLLW3JpIRWmIwCSxZhBoTJWU3Ceth0urzHWDM3gtVArKZl7MjIEZDI88aH2R-QfKLcTgy6uKlHSRFl2GoW3MUox1vA8u1JCoAiids0rcHqFnV29A/s1920/Matthew%2018'22%20-%20Seventy%20seven%20times.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxKwoFHn4mjFUNkuw9nSVRHxZ67vonGPFDv9_eBhanoZ7QY-z6bKhODbHv0VaYNqmom5KOEUoLURsLLW3JpIRWmIwCSxZhBoTJWU3Ceth0urzHWDM3gtVArKZl7MjIEZDI88aH2R-QfKLcTgy6uKlHSRFl2GoW3MUox1vA8u1JCoAiids0rcHqFnV29A/s320/Matthew%2018'22%20-%20Seventy%20seven%20times.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>When we are wounded, our work is to interrupt the cycles of hurt and trauma and violence. And when we say "I forgive you" and "This stops with me", we are declaring our own freedom. We become part of something new and healing, life-giving, good; we become citizens of the commonwealth of heaven ...</p><p>Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/09/17/matthew-exodus-seventy-seven-leads-to-hell-or-heaven/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u2wtma/AP19_2023_Forgiveness8konn.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-63837559480348335542023-09-10T20:07:00.004+10:002023-09-10T20:07:56.695+10:00Matthew | The rigours and joys of love<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQgil_otvF2RHaUWlOrk6uMwyyEZ54IeuKgXzVpv3FlCVr8qcebpRikQ5WJ8wJfM4KE7StxH2K_5W30j406PJGqSVz7tlsR-Zy3Z6-e7qRNw1LDX9gqG0Q7YTkhQNLyxUrEPnoRRkFIeiOp1Hn7RUR4LWTbFfKOTZwB-FM4h-4fHSisi8isoeiBs6MIk/s1920/Matthew%2018'15%20-%20If%20your%20sibling%20sins%20against%20you.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQgil_otvF2RHaUWlOrk6uMwyyEZ54IeuKgXzVpv3FlCVr8qcebpRikQ5WJ8wJfM4KE7StxH2K_5W30j406PJGqSVz7tlsR-Zy3Z6-e7qRNw1LDX9gqG0Q7YTkhQNLyxUrEPnoRRkFIeiOp1Hn7RUR4LWTbFfKOTZwB-FM4h-4fHSisi8isoeiBs6MIk/s320/Matthew%2018'15%20-%20If%20your%20sibling%20sins%20against%20you.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Turning towards one another inevitably leads to conflict, and that means work. Read <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/09/10/matthew-the-rigours-and-joys-of-love/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a></span> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2n3jf2/AP18_2023_Love66mw1.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-16544325964217195552023-09-03T18:40:00.001+10:002023-09-03T18:40:20.443+10:00Exodus | The god of freedom<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpv7AWSIfNa57d5fDzOUh7vAjRX_UCRvoUbG2ENAv3Npxcbu7f5unGhKfS6IxRS5dALRACnFOEEV-S4vVSPs6b1GVs6vGfRFkIoUMLo5LhBE-yyrdBZD1y72XbLGTGPTmDZOYQ2Vb16jiCiy64rB0dTssPmPR0VtybsYaj-yc2Bom0UuSOzudeFlBn14/s1920/Exodus%203'14%20-%20I%20will%20be%20who%20I%20will%20be.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpv7AWSIfNa57d5fDzOUh7vAjRX_UCRvoUbG2ENAv3Npxcbu7f5unGhKfS6IxRS5dALRACnFOEEV-S4vVSPs6b1GVs6vGfRFkIoUMLo5LhBE-yyrdBZD1y72XbLGTGPTmDZOYQ2Vb16jiCiy64rB0dTssPmPR0VtybsYaj-yc2Bom0UuSOzudeFlBn14/s320/Exodus%203'14%20-%20I%20will%20be%20who%20I%20will%20be.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">We worship an intimate, responsive, changing God who gets involved in the mess of human history and calls us to shape the future by our choices. Some choices are better than others, sure. But because the future is not yet set, there is no single path ...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/09/03/exodus-the-god-of-freedom/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c834rn/AP17_2023_The_God_of_freedom9t0jt.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-52590983536052128142023-08-27T20:11:00.007+10:002023-08-27T20:11:46.408+10:00Exodus | Agents of joyful rebellion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEvhBI5xbxvwv1c-ceXCe6OC9wbrfnN9fZSx3vpaFBehdx0Z2UES45HVuqc5MGUtANHmMifYaqQa5Q0322T8ZFI8NODrWPtkGV9woOpoBkhwTfYhps5SXd9rA4A1gr7aM_vO9djD6_3Lvg7HKot95N7dNTBQaU7PmHjoqSv9iDmVIL2tGFXD2mHTsb2s/s640/Wake%20up%20climate%20poster%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEvhBI5xbxvwv1c-ceXCe6OC9wbrfnN9fZSx3vpaFBehdx0Z2UES45HVuqc5MGUtANHmMifYaqQa5Q0322T8ZFI8NODrWPtkGV9woOpoBkhwTfYhps5SXd9rA4A1gr7aM_vO9djD6_3Lvg7HKot95N7dNTBQaU7PmHjoqSv9iDmVIL2tGFXD2mHTsb2s/s320/Wake%20up%20climate%20poster%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The story of exodus points to the joy-filled possibilities of civil disobedience.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/08/27/exodus-agents-of-joyful-rebellion/">here</a>, or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cz48g9/AP16_2023_Agents_of_joyful_rebellionbv24w.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-25426144088178953082023-08-20T18:30:00.000+10:002023-08-20T18:30:01.455+10:00Matthew | Redeeming Joshua<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-dd6a5uG6AxbLMgQs8vhv9xNOWXb5amC-9NZPht9r0E3nIUeCZYCVRKaG_iEWqtdz1ayMIznAR2YX2aLCVPBAjKudjkVgaBEiX9StWWGjZAKXouBmGn-QBYGs6nCH1WoIjLxBin1O_g9bNTY00LzDxqr0leipj2PEV_mU5zUBBvp2j6bVC7sDimhUfE/s640/Voice%20Treaty%20Truth%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-dd6a5uG6AxbLMgQs8vhv9xNOWXb5amC-9NZPht9r0E3nIUeCZYCVRKaG_iEWqtdz1ayMIznAR2YX2aLCVPBAjKudjkVgaBEiX9StWWGjZAKXouBmGn-QBYGs6nCH1WoIjLxBin1O_g9bNTY00LzDxqr0leipj2PEV_mU5zUBBvp2j6bVC7sDimhUfE/s320/Voice%20Treaty%20Truth%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">‘</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">I’m from one of the oldest families,’ he said. ‘We’ve been here since the beginning.’ And with that he effectively erased 60,000 years of continuous living culture, just as his Irish ancestors had tried to erase the people from the land. He’s a lovely guy, straightforward and well-meaning, and totally oblivious to what he had just done ...</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/08/20/matthew-redeeming-joshua/">here</a>, or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p2c2tt/AP15_2023_Decolonising_Joshuab86l6.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-36923020500328591222023-08-13T19:43:00.005+10:002023-08-13T19:43:32.785+10:00Jesus, now lead on<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDFRLXLdTwNtpEHBqI3dKVSssbsmJWyp_Xxayie6oWq8zK_M9juGRgZJQOwRwnzlFmex-Vn3lkPnVGAMF52hbL_vA_GIaFQZcIa4LqM3tlj5EG4ggYLD6kDC04SwElRf3N-DnBOAeh062CrlbzCKjbwOG2nkk-EEo9hQQoK_5m_C8MZGqnSsRaHpXuC4/s640/Threshold%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDFRLXLdTwNtpEHBqI3dKVSssbsmJWyp_Xxayie6oWq8zK_M9juGRgZJQOwRwnzlFmex-Vn3lkPnVGAMF52hbL_vA_GIaFQZcIa4LqM3tlj5EG4ggYLD6kDC04SwElRf3N-DnBOAeh062CrlbzCKjbwOG2nkk-EEo9hQQoK_5m_C8MZGqnSsRaHpXuC4/s320/Threshold%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">It takes a special sort of energy to plant something new; now it</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">’</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">s time for me to move on. I’ve been listening to the fields, and they’re telling me to lie fallow for a while. I’ve been listening to the birds, and they’re pointing me back to Melbourne and our little flock of family and friends. And I’ve been listening to the beautiful rivers which flow through this region, and they’re assuring me that the water of life will never run out – but that which wells up in me must soon be redirected ...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/08/13/church-jesus-now-lead-on/">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-10235737369999486482023-08-06T18:20:00.004+10:002023-08-06T18:20:50.379+10:00Genesis | Striving with God and men<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1bckG_IArwInxVOkbiQyUnPbe-XwH_TAYCAgmSy4rAvOhc5PiYWeNY2mgOr7N4Tcen3jMrPqcLcleVzis8xSthgm0Hj8_7r1LvJSukkmykbsgcSNouKXjeQnsZ19WVA3XtAN88IhK5I4PkgDYvPjq4gF8n37Mw8ZJfwxP3pKKQAmPUlFRnc0vXCI6HA/s1280/Genesis%2032'28%20%20-%20For%20you%20have%20striven%20MEN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1280" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1bckG_IArwInxVOkbiQyUnPbe-XwH_TAYCAgmSy4rAvOhc5PiYWeNY2mgOr7N4Tcen3jMrPqcLcleVzis8xSthgm0Hj8_7r1LvJSukkmykbsgcSNouKXjeQnsZ19WVA3XtAN88IhK5I4PkgDYvPjq4gF8n37Mw8ZJfwxP3pKKQAmPUlFRnc0vXCI6HA/w640-h314/Genesis%2032'28%20%20-%20For%20you%20have%20striven%20MEN.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">A few weeks ago, I organised and hosted a ministers’ gathering. Near the end of the session, one of the ministers suddenly went on a rant about the failings of the church in the West. The church is collapsing, he said, because of the blurring of gender roles that began in the 1960’s and continues to this day. And there was I, sitting in a room full of men with my boots and jeans, close cropped hair, zero make up, and not a floral in sight—and all the authority which was conferred upon me through the rite of ordination.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/08/06/genesis-striving-with-god-and-men/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wmd37j/AP13_2023_The_struggle9spun.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-62312827117732294632023-07-30T18:47:00.003+10:002023-07-30T18:47:33.002+10:00Romans | While Rhodes burns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eT4yc1oEbcii1N-CBLnL7hcWnfbcgciGOkd7EafBdycMxYbb6suudalwYyW0AYPZkrKmhXAjDR-aU_82EPYTGCPzoEwPYZqeYWI_C-GHrSdCYnykpPmToE0VMvfr_Jzy8kswKrSg07AvYD4i94zScV1P8Xp-F7XWKhglbEecZPGFKkEKPNez327GvPc/s1280/Romans%20822%20%20The%20creation%20groans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1280" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eT4yc1oEbcii1N-CBLnL7hcWnfbcgciGOkd7EafBdycMxYbb6suudalwYyW0AYPZkrKmhXAjDR-aU_82EPYTGCPzoEwPYZqeYWI_C-GHrSdCYnykpPmToE0VMvfr_Jzy8kswKrSg07AvYD4i94zScV1P8Xp-F7XWKhglbEecZPGFKkEKPNez327GvPc/w640-h314/Romans%20822%20%20The%20creation%20groans.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>An homage to Targum, reading Romans 8 through an ecological lens this hottest month on record. Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/07/30/romans-while-rhodes-burns/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hgvqq6/AP12_2023_While_Rome_burns8df7a.mp3">here</a>. </p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-32464099755101151222023-07-23T18:05:00.002+10:002023-07-23T18:05:31.169+10:00Genesis | The god of betwixt and between<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwK83AGrFR0Yp0_ikATbA0B8T4BcHqz1Oi1BeshZXN4dsFd6ycORmDFz6DD7tD-BjJEpQHOPwm3g8govmSAIcmO4PEnDVIJ0-ZRH1k-ahzdo3b0YvXQGUNxjhBIFPfc5gTEW5QyWt25TiZUCMH5_tiXTfBErDUCFbPK0zn_MEDwTUIuKsiVzzmjNJjBE/s1280/AP11%20With%20his%20head%20on%20a%20stone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1280" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwK83AGrFR0Yp0_ikATbA0B8T4BcHqz1Oi1BeshZXN4dsFd6ycORmDFz6DD7tD-BjJEpQHOPwm3g8govmSAIcmO4PEnDVIJ0-ZRH1k-ahzdo3b0YvXQGUNxjhBIFPfc5gTEW5QyWt25TiZUCMH5_tiXTfBErDUCFbPK0zn_MEDwTUIuKsiVzzmjNJjBE/s320/AP11%20With%20his%20head%20on%20a%20stone.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">God meets us in liminal spaces, when all our defences are down. Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/07/23/genesis-the-god-of-betwixt-and-between/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yqwtyr/AP11_2023_Betwixt_and_between9kwl6.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-46186126194244807272023-07-02T18:39:00.002+10:002023-07-02T18:39:16.890+10:00Genesis | Alt*red state: A text of terror brings good news<p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWSDkskzQSR4Hv21njn06l9AJg8DXgZL-hNkgClPQIsQVBF-G97vEO3IcLRpei8CgZNo9LvfMhqr1cXnT0y-Kr1eWAvP0hHwqcMClxMkdwOB4XOfhsDopTARJBt0oH9gkoUjb12SvZ395GpEDLjLOed8khr5JxAQBT8O6jO_mxut4lti_vs255FpEHNU/s454/Abraham%20Isaac%20sacrifice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="454" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWSDkskzQSR4Hv21njn06l9AJg8DXgZL-hNkgClPQIsQVBF-G97vEO3IcLRpei8CgZNo9LvfMhqr1cXnT0y-Kr1eWAvP0hHwqcMClxMkdwOB4XOfhsDopTARJBt0oH9gkoUjb12SvZ395GpEDLjLOed8khr5JxAQBT8O6jO_mxut4lti_vs255FpEHNU/s320/Abraham%20Isaac%20sacrifice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The usual interpretation of the binding of Isaac is that God may require us to sacrifice everything, even, if asked, our own children: but a contextual awareness changes everything. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/07/02/genesis-altred-state-a-text-of-terror-brings-good-news/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z2z4e7/AP08_2023_Altered_stateadxsr.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-38178730580111076262023-06-25T18:43:00.002+10:002023-06-25T18:43:23.268+10:00Romans | Practice resurrection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeCw83-VppOhZoF1wULPEqcFX5Ys44WwpIBRxgXNg8EOXonlbbaA7u5Y2_xM-IgXB32wT0iZOhe8GVfjU7MW3G1QuyLOKrlRd_2hEiwA1NOszHkA4SAtcs-5wTNCOHetYwQRD79HIqeLzs_hxeAGlMGOz9o-MFWRIxYj_f7PL-k5mIO4RZZV6ECX5PYY/s960/Fox%20flowers%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeCw83-VppOhZoF1wULPEqcFX5Ys44WwpIBRxgXNg8EOXonlbbaA7u5Y2_xM-IgXB32wT0iZOhe8GVfjU7MW3G1QuyLOKrlRd_2hEiwA1NOszHkA4SAtcs-5wTNCOHetYwQRD79HIqeLzs_hxeAGlMGOz9o-MFWRIxYj_f7PL-k5mIO4RZZV6ECX5PYY/s320/Fox%20flowers%20SM.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 11pt;">In
the face of sin, death and injustice, we are called to walk in newness of life. A Wendell Berry / Apostle Paul mashup. Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/06/25/romans-practice-resurrection/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6pupdj/AP07_2023_Practice_resurrection7y1ax.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-8581974681971510442023-06-11T18:36:00.004+10:002023-06-11T18:36:40.495+10:00Genesis | Abram: Our ancestor-colonizer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y0HoRh05PdpYxQOuEBHBmZ3UUL4aVpTGERUV7rf0fVW8CQGgk7D-KFxtB1rplJTP9KstOBBJUyjLmJPmg7Kqj_4rPnimxAjn2dm4swuyOtR7CAZlopl6_7_X1_Q2RYQm4XZ7CUCUfET48xspUlu1uyXzwC4U_TfS1nPK5MJaYMPXsOq-ppvpYLCF/s2900/Burra%20-%20And%20Abram%20pitched%20his%20tent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2900" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y0HoRh05PdpYxQOuEBHBmZ3UUL4aVpTGERUV7rf0fVW8CQGgk7D-KFxtB1rplJTP9KstOBBJUyjLmJPmg7Kqj_4rPnimxAjn2dm4swuyOtR7CAZlopl6_7_X1_Q2RYQm4XZ7CUCUfET48xspUlu1uyXzwC4U_TfS1nPK5MJaYMPXsOq-ppvpYLCF/s320/Burra%20-%20And%20Abram%20pitched%20his%20tent.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Leave your country, your kin, and your ancestral home, you poverty-stricken Cornishfolk, for a land which I will show you. It’s the colony of South Australia ... the story of Abram points to a more just settlement, paving the way to Voice and Treaty.</p><p>Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/06/11/genesis-abram-our-ancestor-colonizer/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i2qakd/AP05_2023_Abram6x354.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-39692396368850240092023-05-28T18:51:00.002+10:002023-05-28T18:51:15.422+10:00Acts | And they were all together in one place ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuD6-QT2AZrqgtei2dpZF34bI51I908V4AEdrXG1z0c6KXQRZjOnOhgoq00BDmEuHm4RFwcIPZgbNzRucCVYo3oSQzSGbH3K7VjP4Bmud7KnRvF8c79Rf9lgDFNv9_ftJhC3muQZbS3nYLtZdBmgsi8qKq4pdkoEp7_B8FxLGz09z8iRPVf0bOnAp/s640/Pentecost%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="640" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuD6-QT2AZrqgtei2dpZF34bI51I908V4AEdrXG1z0c6KXQRZjOnOhgoq00BDmEuHm4RFwcIPZgbNzRucCVYo3oSQzSGbH3K7VjP4Bmud7KnRvF8c79Rf9lgDFNv9_ftJhC3muQZbS3nYLtZdBmgsi8qKq4pdkoEp7_B8FxLGz09z8iRPVf0bOnAp/s320/Pentecost%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">We here at Sanctuary used to gather regularly in one place. So what happened? And what comes next? Read </span><a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/05/28/acts-and-they-were-all-together-in-one-place/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"> or listen </span><a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/j2k227/Pentecost_2023_In_one_place78opl.mp3" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #13c4a5; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-14933946671152323002023-05-21T17:58:00.005+10:002023-05-21T17:58:40.784+10:00Acts | Just look around!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dH5VQDNeAMAtgIr0EWOQSXnfJuA4WcJGrKt2JF0JDxRoGCfL_CHyI5PBS4pryGWEn1yAlS0ZVs7UPDi3MMeRvAgWIL7HKXCeNali1RInkKXQJil8EgCWOCG0eKMfrltu9mv2cusNFDj0eURyxn1LAs3VUDPKBoxBDrtGM6SPz_K1OuOh4xaMPhsX/s640/Person%20fog%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dH5VQDNeAMAtgIr0EWOQSXnfJuA4WcJGrKt2JF0JDxRoGCfL_CHyI5PBS4pryGWEn1yAlS0ZVs7UPDi3MMeRvAgWIL7HKXCeNali1RInkKXQJil8EgCWOCG0eKMfrltu9mv2cusNFDj0eURyxn1LAs3VUDPKBoxBDrtGM6SPz_K1OuOh4xaMPhsX/s320/Person%20fog%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>A woman dies, her children are young: where is God? A longed-for baby is stillborn: where is God? Tonight we remember the Ascension, when the Risen Christ in the form of Jesus left his disciples once and for all. So where is God? Well, it seems that God has left the planet, and we are left with nothing at all ... </p><p>Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/05/21/acts-just-look-around/">here</a>, or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3r2ajj/Pascha_7A_2023_Just_look_aroundarfjp.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-46720306542956736472023-05-14T18:36:00.004+10:002023-05-14T18:36:45.859+10:001,2 Peter | A people founded on love<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PEoqFOY6uLSBaJhFqDpeZORkhvms2XqVWmiUtczM4M6jdGRivXOCmNKW69nvR3P9m5rUvlluYL4SCrB6cJ66041EnCgGqJ7J3meVC6LP6kEQSYkej0ctjmN0Nyyz5l_YCh2LEUhX_lx1ZU0a-jcdB52RNjOi2WnqJO4Bv2xxX6FAwFgPjA4GSCIE/s640/Love%20stone%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PEoqFOY6uLSBaJhFqDpeZORkhvms2XqVWmiUtczM4M6jdGRivXOCmNKW69nvR3P9m5rUvlluYL4SCrB6cJ66041EnCgGqJ7J3meVC6LP6kEQSYkej0ctjmN0Nyyz5l_YCh2LEUhX_lx1ZU0a-jcdB52RNjOi2WnqJO4Bv2xxX6FAwFgPjA4GSCIE/s320/Love%20stone%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">You are a chosen race,’ writes Peter, ‘a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people.’ Really? In the leadup to the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), at least half a dozen LGBTIQA+ events here in Victoria have been cancelled. In the media and online, some far-right ‘Christians’ are claiming an exclusive truth and ‘breathing threats and murder’ towards gay people, trans people, and others; councils are so worried they are shutting things down ...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 18px;">Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/05/14/12-peter-a-people-founded-on-love/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/by55ae/Pascha_5A_2023_1_Peter5zz7j.mp3">here</a>.</span></p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-23715219603832319672023-05-07T18:42:00.002+10:002023-05-07T18:42:09.391+10:00Acts | The four devotions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhQFOt0zHTcjI9KqVKV-hTkuQpfWGHxCKvUjrs7CXDzO71PYJ9ctaWua8a3k3HyBnwIGT2isqCorMZIhkwvu4MOsiLAw79In0U1W4TaEYP1o9Zj_eXIAxduP-6iVU1yaFO7hE7_ms46denlRm9MlNAmnMjQbnup4LKMqjFCNmUNChRSeUWLnzaCGZ/s640/Meet%20eat%20share%20Acts%202%20SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhQFOt0zHTcjI9KqVKV-hTkuQpfWGHxCKvUjrs7CXDzO71PYJ9ctaWua8a3k3HyBnwIGT2isqCorMZIhkwvu4MOsiLAw79In0U1W4TaEYP1o9Zj_eXIAxduP-6iVU1yaFO7hE7_ms46denlRm9MlNAmnMjQbnup4LKMqjFCNmUNChRSeUWLnzaCGZ/s320/Meet%20eat%20share%20Acts%202%20SM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Three key practices, no, four, shape a dynamic resurrection faith. Read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/05/07/acts-the-four-devotions/">here</a>, or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jz3tza/Pascha_4A_2023_Acts700hi.mp3">here</a>.</p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-83465585174357763282023-04-30T18:16:00.006+10:002023-04-30T18:16:58.865+10:00Luke | The road to newness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPluDQHjqDvGhSafwVYwpK26_HsVgESQMEcFkq8eYqllPw8zOqEuq-V4zk-Lqr0oPVnamu0hDrJ8D5W_woDwjW4vnEPXFaIv_cH5uvRcivLKfOY_4JNvxZ2Zd9p-fAH97JQMntTBIUeEerKtCSe0PKpgwNgFOCzfHIg5AdWHlwPpaIYjYcoRk7TlnN/s1539/emmaus-road.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1539" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPluDQHjqDvGhSafwVYwpK26_HsVgESQMEcFkq8eYqllPw8zOqEuq-V4zk-Lqr0oPVnamu0hDrJ8D5W_woDwjW4vnEPXFaIv_cH5uvRcivLKfOY_4JNvxZ2Zd9p-fAH97JQMntTBIUeEerKtCSe0PKpgwNgFOCzfHIg5AdWHlwPpaIYjYcoRk7TlnN/s320/emmaus-road.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Because darkness isn't enough, and despair isn't enough, and the way things are certainly isn't enough. Walking the Emmaus Road - read <a href="https://sanctuarybaptist.org/2023/04/30/luke-the-road-to-newness/">here</a> or listen <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vb4jcv/Pascha_3A_2023_Emmausa6nlm.mp3">here</a>. </p>Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.com0