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Sermon from 05 July 2026 at Harbour

If God is love, then maybe we’ve gotten omnipotence wrong. What if God and Love (Agape) are really two words trying to name the same reality?

What happens between Ascension and Pentecost?

From our March theme: "Rewilding God"

From our March theme: "Rewilding God"

From our March theme: "Rewilding God"

From our March theme: "Rewilding God"

February Sermon by Teagan MacAodhagáin

“When we open the Bible and read it, we are eavesdropping on an ancient spiritual journey. That journey was recorded over a thousand-year span of time, by different writers, with different personalities, at different times, under different circumstances, and for different reasons.”

“When we open the Bible and read it, we are eavesdropping on an ancient spiritual journey. That journey was recorded over a thousand-year span of time, by different writers, with different personalities, at different times, under different circumstances, and for different reasons.”

January Sermon by Teagan MacAodhagáin

Advent Two: The Boss's Son Harbour

Advent One: How Are You? Gareth Higgins

Christ is not God's surname. So what does it mean?

Christ is not God's surname. So what does it mean?

Christ is not God's surname. So what does it mean?

Christ is not God's surname. So what does it mean?

Naomi is responding to questions in this episode. It’s a bit choppy because you can’t hear the questions, only the answers :)

Question and answer with Paula

Part one of our series based on the book "Holy Envy" by Barbara Brown Taylor. This week we reflect on some insights from Hinduism - or more accurately, "Sanatana Dharma.

Hell isn't even in the Bible, but many Christians still think it's a real place. Sheol, Hades, and Tartarus ARE in the Bible and most Christians DON'T think they are real places. So how did it all go to Hell?

The cross was violent. It was sacrificial. But the violence wasn’t God’s. It was ours. And God didn’t demand it. God endured it—to show us that love was never something we had to earn.

Cycles don't break themselves. They need to be seen. They need someone brave enough to name them. To step outside the ritual and say: "No more." That's what Jesus did. He didn't just step into the cycle of violence — He exposed it, absorbed it, and undid it from within. He showed us: The price was always too high. The God we thought needed sacrifice was never in the audience. And once you see that...

We all start with mystery. But the shape we give it—especially when we talk about the cross—matters deeply. For many of us, the dominant story we inherited was this: We are sinful. God is holy and just. Sin must be punished. Jesus took our punishment. Now we can be forgiven - if we believe the right things about Jesus. This is often called penal substitutionary atonement—though no one called it th...

The music at the end of this episode is called “Light of your Grace”. It is an expression of the Gayatri Mantra or “Universal Prayer”. Written in Sanskrit, in English it translates as: "May we meditate upon the divine light of the Supreme Creator. May this divine light enlighten our minds and guide us on the right path."