Contributor:
Rev Cate Thorn

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Advent and Christmas |

Elizabeth and Zechariah speak

 Cate Thorn explores the Advent season through the characters of Elizabeth and Zechariah from Luke’s gospel 

Topic: Christmas Characters
Advent and Christmas |

John the Baptiser

 Cate Thorn explores the Advent season through the character of John the Baptist 

Topic: Christmas Characters
Climate Justice |

Unlearning for creation’s sake

 Cate Thorn speaks in the 2017 Season of Creation about how we need to rethink and understand anew our relationship to creation 

Topic: Season of Creation
What do we mean by? |

Resurrection season again

 Cate Thorn explores what we might believe about resurrection as 21st century progressive Chrsitians 

Topic: Christian practices, Progressive Christianity, Easter, Faith
What do we mean by? |

Oneness

 Cate Thorn explores the concept on one God, unity and community 

Topic: Progressive Christianity, Faith
Advent and Christmas |

In days to come

 Cate Thorn introduces us to the prophet Isaiah 

Topic: Prophets, Isaiah
Advent and Christmas |

God for an exile

 Cate Thorn explores the poetry of Isaiah 

Topic: Prophets, Isaiah
What do we mean by? |

Where does scripture take us?

 Cate Thorn wonders about scripture and our assumptions when we read the Bible 

Topic: Christian practices, Progressive Christianity, The Bible
Lockdown Worship |

Separately together in these times

 The first Sunday when church was cancelled at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic; a reading and sermon recorded in the church before we moved into the first lockdown 

Topic: Lent
Climate Justice |

Agents for Life

 6 September 2020. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand 

Topic: Season of Creation
Women in the Bible |

Let’s talk about Mary and Eve

 Cate Thorn explores the way we have approached Eve and Mary through the ages and suggests another way 

Topic: Progressive Christianity, Saints, Mary the mother of Jesus
Advent and Christmas |

Living the Story

 Cate Thorn explores how we can live out the Christmas Story 

Topic: Christmas Characters
Healing |

Temptations

 Cate Thorn begins the 2022 Lenten series exploring healing with the gospel of Luke 

Topic: Christian practices, Lent
Healing |

Theologies of repentance

 Cate Thorn continues the 2022 Lenten series exploring repentance as part of healing 

Topic: Christian practices, Lent
Healing |

Prodigal Grace

 Cate Thorn continues the 2022 Lenten series exploring grace as part of healing 

Topic: Christian practices, Lent
What do we mean by? |

Pentecost

 Cate Thorn looks for the coming of the Holy Spirit in our city 

Topic: Pentecost
Advent and Christmas |

Advent wreath making

Cate Thorn shows us how to make an Advent wreath at home. This was a lockdown video. The Advent Wreath making starts at 9 minutes 50 seconds. 

Topic: Christian practices
What do we mean by? |

What is faith?

 Cate Thorn explore what we mean by faith with Hebrews 11 

Topic: Progressive Christianity, Faith