Australian Women Preach

Dec 08 2024 199 ep. 13 mins 10

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A podcast that showcases preaching by Christian women from across all Christian denominations, relevant to contemporary Australian life. We model the Church we want to be: inclusive, diverse and welcoming. An initiative of WATAC Inc. (Women and the Australian Church) and the Grail in Australia. This podcast is produced by Louise Maher. The music on this podcast has been created by theologian, musician, songwriter, and teacher Danielle Anne Lynch. You can listen to more of Danielle’s music on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube.

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197. Robyn Whittaker - 15 December 2024

Dec 08 2024 13 mins

Third Sunday of Advent - Luke 3:10-18 Robyn Whitaker is Associate Professor of New Testament at Pilgrim Theological College in the University of Divinity, and Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy. She is also an ordained Uniting Church minister. Robyn specialises in the Book of Revelation and the Synoptic Gospels, writing for both academic and popul

196. Keren Terpstra - 8 December 2024

Dec 01 2024 10 mins

Second Sunday of Advent -Luke 3:1-6 Keren Terpstra is the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale in the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. Before coming to Sale, Keren had appointments in Melbourne, and before that in Brisbane, where she trained and was ordained. She is a passionate Trekkie, loses herself in Chinese dramas, engages in imaginative worlds by writing fanfiction and playing P

195. Gillian Moses - 1 December 2024

Nov 24 2024 13 mins

First Sunday of Advent - Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Gillian writes: I am the Chaplain and Head of Religious and Values Education at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School in Brisbane, a position I have held for the past 10 years. Prior to that I have been a parish priest, worked in a cathedral, assisted a Primate and most importantly, been mum to 4 amazing children. I am an Anglican prie

194. Sarah Plowman - 24 November 2024

Nov 17 2024 9 mins

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - John 18:33-37 The Right Rev’d Sarah Plowman is Assistant Bishop in the Anglican Church Southern Queensland. She has spent most of her life in SE Qld, growing up on the Sunshine Coast. She began her career as a Physics and Maths teacher, during which time she explored a vocational call into youth ministry. After serving in parish and D

193. Robyn Ober - 17 November 2024

Nov 10 2024 11 mins

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Psalm 91 Dr Robyn Ober is a Mamu/Djirribal woman from Far North Queensland. She is a Lead Researcher at Batchelor Institute in the Northern Territory spanning three decades. She is well renowned for her expertise of both-ways pedagogy, working to combine Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing, being and learning in teaching practice and

192. Bernadette Mercieca - 10 November 2024

Nov 03 2024 11 mins

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 12: 38-44 - How can we be more generous with what we have? Bernadette has had a long career as a secondary school RE teacher, retiring last year from a Catholic girls’ school in Melbourne. She currently teaches Religious Education to both primary and secondary pre-service teachers at Australian Catholic University. She graduated with

191. Di Langham and Belinda Roberts - 3 November 2024

Oct 27 2024 11 mins

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 12:28-34 Di writes: I am a Buandik First Nations woman. I am Reverend Canon Auntie Di Langham, Director of Reconciliation in Newcastle Anglican. I am mother of four, grandmother of 14 and great grandmother of 7. My ministry has included Juvenile Justice Chaplin and 20 years as a gaol chaplain. I am secretary of National Aboriginal and Tor

190. Helen Cunningham - 27 October 2024

Oct 20 2024 11 mins

30th Sunday Ordinary Time - Mark 10:46-52 Helen Cunningham OP is a member of the Dominican sisters of Eastern Australia and The Solomon Islands. She has a teaching background in various areas of education including adult education. She has a Masters in pastoral ministry (USA) and a Masters in Applied Christian Spirituality (Dublin). Both of these degrees were completed after she r

189. Ann Rennie - 20 October 2024

Oct 13 2024 12 mins

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10:35-45 Ann Rennie is a Melbourne writer and teacher. She has a regular column in Australian Catholics and has contributed to The Sunday Age Faith column for the past 25 years. She has been published in The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today, Brisbane Times and Madonna. Ann is a former REC and is currently teaching

188. Angela Marquis - 13 October 2024

Oct 06 2024 13 mins

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 10:17-30 Angela works as a Pastoral Associate for the Passionist led St Joseph's Parish in Hobart, and is the Administrative Assistant for WATAC (Women and the Australian Church). She is passionate about the silenced female voice in the lectionary and finds the presence of God in the gift of the Australian Women Preach team, her theolo