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What is

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the shape image or story of the in-breaking of

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God's Rule and reign or dream

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for the world today?

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What does it look like in Ukraine or in

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Palestine?

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What does it look like for those who spend their day recovering from

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rough sleeping in your town?

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Or those who struggle publicly with mental health?

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Sometimes leading to antisocial behaviour

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or experiencing genuine hunger and

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poverty.

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What does it look like for busy families among their

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many activities and burdens? What

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does it look like in year-long flood

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or drought affected communities without home?

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What does it look like among our indigenous sisters and

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brothers across the country?

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Are there community organisations events or

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initiatives looking like God's love

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lived out?

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Do you have a story of God's in breaking

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Rule and reign in your community even from

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surprising events people or places?

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In today's pluralistic society our efforts

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as a community of people of the way,

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We're understood by missionary writer Lesslie Newbigin

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shaping and being good news for our neighbor according

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to their hurts and hopes.

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Joining God in the neighborhood and not

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our own agenda.

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This is the mission of God that we're

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invited to join.

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A visible image a feeling an action

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fueled by faith hope and love

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today.

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Today, we have a remarkable story from writing

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in the Bible.

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The story of Jesus offering us hope and

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example.

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A metaphor of transformation for the

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complete changing of our lives, outlook and

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motivation aligned with

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the elusive movement of God's spirit.

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How might the learning from this story be applied

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to your church Community today?

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After all

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this is Peter's story and the

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other disciples in their Mountaintop experience.

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Then Peter said to Jesus "Lord, it

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is good for us to be here. If you

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wish I'll make three dwellings here.

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One for you one for Moses and one

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for Elijah".

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While he was still speaking suddenly a bright cloud

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overshadowed them.

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And from the cloud a voice said "This is

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my son the Beloved.

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With him, I am well pleased. Listen to

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him."

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But the story began

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with the words "six days later"

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In other words, it had a context and events that

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it followed.

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The story appears in Matthew Mark and

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with small differences showing the writers' intent

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in Luke the choice of word "Exodus"

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making this story a powerful reminder of parallels

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between what Jesus will accomplish in

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Jerusalem.

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And what Moses accomplished for God's people in

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Egypt

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Matthew's word is VISION -  a prophetic

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vision for God's people,

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which Peter experienced but was reminded

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this is not about pitching a tent.

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This experience can't be confined or

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boxed in.

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Maybe it needs to be bottled or embodied and

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taken back to daily life.

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inspiration for life and mission.

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In this we become God's prophets.

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This story stretches into the past and the future.

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It's not a story about answers.

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but the importance of the questions

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Those questions I began with about the shape

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of God's dream for the world in the Here and

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Now.

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Our prophetic mission our mission of

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calling things out.

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in the near future might be shaped around our advocacy

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for the Uluru statement from the heart.

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and the opportunity to recognise Aboriginal and

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Torres Strait Islander people in our constitution.

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Righting the wrong of terranullius

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So as Midnight Oil would sing the great

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Southland can be as great as the one it could

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have been.

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Healing the scar on the soul of this country.

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Voice Treaty and Truth or makarrata

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The statement reads in part:

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"makarrata is the culmination of our agenda".

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The coming together after a struggle.

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It captures our aspirations for a fair and truthful

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relationship with the people

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of Australia.

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And a better future for our children based on

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Justice and self-determination.

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What do you and your community need to learn to offer

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support to the Uluru

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statement?

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amen