As LUC Would Have It

Welcome, friends, to the second in our Advent 2026 preaching series entitled Advent Ancient Prophets. In this episode, Minister and Chaplain at Sydney University Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White contrasts the peace of Empire with the peace of Christ. This sermon was delivered on the 7th December 2025 at the 10am service. Find the full reading here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah%205%3...

Welcome, friends, to the first in our Advent 2026 preaching series entitled Advent Ancient Prophets. In this episode, Minister and Team Leader Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White explores a well-known passage from Isaiah, and how it confronts us to look at the weapons we keep, sharpen and wield, and how we might drop the class on war and take up the life-long learning on peace. This sermon was delivered on...

Welcome, friends, to the very last episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, guest preacher Rev. Dr. Bec Lindsay looks at the different endings of Jonah's story presented in Sunday School depictions, and what e...

Welcome, friends, to the second-last episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Church Council Secretary James Barrow looks at the story of Jonah, and what he can teach us about where God is. This sermon was deliver...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Church Council Chairperson Catherine Garner explores themes of faith and fear, through the weird story of Daniel in the lion's den. This s...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Pastor Ella Evans looks at the story of Esther celebrated by Jewish peoples in the festival of Purim, and what each character in the story mig...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Corbin preaches her 18th sermon, and offers deep but accessible theology on the mystery of God, as we encounter part of the story of Esther. T...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode Natalie Maddock takes us through the story of Esther becoming queen, and some of the probematic aspects of the story. This sermon was delivered...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode Hannah Power takes us through the story of Esther becoming queen, and some of the probematic aspects of the story This sermon was delivered on...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White takes us through the story of Naaman, where ultimately noone ends up looking good. This sermon was delivered on the 1...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode Matthew Powell takes us journey through story of Elijah handing the mantle to Elisha, including sidenotes of Deadpool, bears and consensus card...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Peter Walker, current Principal of the United Theological College, and incoming General Secretary of the Uniting Church NSW/ACT Synod...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White explores the story of 1 Kings 19 - Elijah and the aftermath of mass violence, meeting God and calling Elisha as a d...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, River Wilson explores the story of Solomon's coronation as king (cue Handel's Zadok the Priest). This sermon was delivered on the 28th...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Mel Grouse unpacks the deeply problematic elements of the story of David and Bathsheba, as well as how the Church has grossly rose-tinted this...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Christina Mikhael carefully weaves together the troubling story of David and Bathsheba with her own work in domestic violence and support for...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Michael Dean explores the two origin stories of King David as found in 1 Samuel, and asks us: is the Bible one big story, or a library of stor...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Margie Whelan re-imagines the famous story of David and Goliath, which took place in the ancient city of... Gaza. This sermon was delivered on...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Rev. Erik Lennestål offers history and theology as he delves into the story of God calling the young Samuel in the middle of the night. This s...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Maikeli Ramaidama invites us to unlearn and relearn some things in relation to the story of Samson and Delilah. This sermon was delivered on t...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Graeme Randall takes a pastoral and compassionate view to the infamous story of Samson and Delilah. This sermon was delivered on the 24th Augu...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Pastor Ella Evans, Youth and Young Adults Pastor at Glenbrook Uniting Church, brings her full evangelical self to the story of Deborah and Jae...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Pastor Eidan Keiran, pastor at New City Church powerfully weaves together the story of Jael and the tent peg with their own story. This sermon...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Ifana Tungga beautifully unpacks assumptions and blind spots in the story of Joshua and Jericho, This sermon was delivered on the 10th August...

Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart. In this episode, Rev. Heewon Chang juxtaposes the classic children's bible story, Joshua and the battle (genocide?) of Jericho with the present genocide in...