Central Church Port Kembla

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Central is a non-denominational Christian church that meets in the suburb of Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia. This podcast is a recording of our Sunday sermon. In our gatherings we often have dialogue, ask questions, and listen to each other, not just the preacher. For this reason, what you hear here has been edited to remove bits and pieces of discussion that would otherwise be recorded as 'dead-space'. We hope you enjoy and are encouraged by what you hear. If you'd like to find out more about us you can find us at centralchurch.org.au or www.facebook.com/centralchurchportkembla/

Episode Date
How to be a Creature Among Creation
Oct 09, 2026
The Season of Creation - An Internal Lens
Sep 17, 2026
Evangelism, Mission, and People's Bodies
Aug 27, 2026
Relational Evangelism
Aug 21, 2026
Salvation: The Bright Path
Jul 28, 2026
Salvation: An Indigenous Perspective
Jul 22, 2026
Paying Attention
Jul 22, 2026
Salvation: Through the Lens of the Prodigal Son
Jul 09, 2026
Theological Worlds
Jun 18, 2026
Steff Fenton - Gender Expansive Faith
Jun 18, 2026
Held
Jun 16, 2026
Spiritual Resilience: Remain in Love
May 28, 2026
Spiritual Resilience: Survive in Me
May 19, 2026
Spiritual Resilience
May 06, 2026
Don’t Cling To Me
May 04, 2026
The Restoration of Peter
Apr 17, 2026
Colossians 4: Lives of Liberation
Mar 31, 2026
The Practice of Community (feat. Dorothy Day)
Mar 17, 2026
Colossians 2: The Answer is Community
Feb 26, 2026
Colossians 1: The Christ Story
Feb 16, 2026
Newness
Jan 20, 2026
Advent: Peace and Preparation
Dec 19, 2025
Hope, Peace, Joy, Love in 2025
Dec 12, 2025
The Trauma of Paul
Nov 26, 2025
Holy Resilience: God when life shatters to pieces
Nov 26, 2025
Liminal Space
Oct 30, 2025
Contemplative Service - Selah
Oct 29, 2025
Ordinary Time in Extraordinary Times
Oct 23, 2025
The Connection Between Faithfulness and Creation
Sep 25, 2025
Contemplative Service - Trust in the Slow Work of God
Sep 12, 2025
Perfection and Wholeness
Sep 12, 2025
Contemplative Service- Desert, A Spiritual Geography
Aug 15, 2025
From Law to Intoxicating Joy, from Water to Wine
Jul 29, 2025
From Scarcity to Abundance, from Water to Wine
Jul 21, 2025
Just Build a Bigger Barn
Jul 04, 2025
Capitalism & Care
Jun 30, 2025
Contemplative Service- The Sacrament of the Present Moment
Jun 26, 2025
Women of the Exodus, Part Two
Jun 06, 2025
Women of the Exodus, Part One
May 21, 2025
Empire, the Son of Man and Benedictine Nuns
Apr 23, 2025
Dying and Rising
Apr 10, 2025
The Death of Death
Apr 08, 2025
The Cross as Revealing a Pattern of Death and Resurrection
Mar 26, 2025
The Cross as the End of Scapegoating
Mar 14, 2025
Sacred Pathways
Mar 06, 2025
Grief, Hope, and Dancing Bears - Why We Are Weird
Mar 03, 2025
Welcoming the Stranger
Feb 24, 2025
Spirituality in Community
Feb 12, 2025
Changes in 2025!
Feb 12, 2025
Egó mésa ekklisía - Ekklisía mésa mou
Feb 07, 2025
God in Unexpected Places
Jan 21, 2025
Holy Disturbances in Luke 1
Dec 09, 2024
The Anatomy of Yes
Dec 09, 2024
A Theological Look at Forgiveness
Nov 22, 2024
Sticky Forgiveness - the place of forgiveness within systems of injustice
Nov 22, 2024
Caring for Ourselves While we Forgive (Why is Forgiveness so Dang Hard?)
Nov 14, 2024
A Contemplative Gathering Around Forgiveness
Nov 13, 2024
Contemplative Service - Confession
Oct 27, 2024
Wholesome confession, self awareness, and trauma informed apologies
Oct 16, 2024
Creation as Healer
Sep 18, 2024
Creation as Participant in God’s World
Sep 11, 2024
Creation as Teacher
Sep 09, 2024
The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
Aug 22, 2024
The Dragnet… strange metaphors of the Divine
Aug 15, 2024
Mustard Seed, Yeast, Hidden Treasure, Merchant...strange metaphors of the Divine
Aug 09, 2024
Keep the Fire Burning
Jul 16, 2024
God and Suffering: Panel Discussion
Jul 16, 2024
A Process of Lament, Psalm 10
Jun 19, 2024
How to be human - Psalm 25
Jun 11, 2024
Finding ourselves in the Psalms
Jun 06, 2024
The Motherheart of God
May 15, 2024
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
May 10, 2024
Grief on the Emmaus Road
Apr 24, 2024
Post Traumatic Resurrection
Apr 24, 2024
The Sacrament of the Present Moment
Apr 15, 2024
Christ’s death alive in us.
Mar 19, 2024
I’m not what other people say about me.
Mar 19, 2024
Knowing your belovedness and letting go of control.
Mar 15, 2024
I’m not what I have, I’m not what I do.
Mar 08, 2024
A Contemplative Posture - Contemplative Service
Feb 20, 2024
The Transfiguration
Feb 20, 2024
A History of Biblical Interpretation
Feb 06, 2024
Bodies Matter
Jan 17, 2024
Water, Spirit, Birds
Jan 15, 2024
Advent Week Two
Dec 12, 2023
Advent - Contemplative Service
Dec 10, 2023
Advent Week One
Dec 10, 2023
Meister Eckhart - Contemplative Service
Nov 29, 2023
The 10 Men with Leprosy - a miracle that happens ‘on the way’
Nov 24, 2023
The 10 Men with Leprosy and the Saviour of the World
Nov 14, 2023
Acts 10 Peter Goes For Spiritual Direction
Nov 02, 2023
A Psychological Look At Peter's Vision
Nov 02, 2023
St Francis Of Assisi - Contemplative Service
Oct 26, 2023
Acts 10 Peter and Cornelius: A Communal Exploration
Oct 13, 2023
Teach Us To Pray - Prayer of Lament
Oct 09, 2023
Teach us to Pray - Prayer of Conversation, Prayer of Silence
Sep 12, 2023
Teach us to Pray - Liturgical Prayer
Sep 12, 2023
Feeding the 5000 - an Ignatian Perspective
Aug 22, 2023
In Indigenous Perspective on the Woman at the Well
Aug 22, 2023
St. Teresa of Avila - Contemplative Service
Aug 22, 2023
The Feeding of the 5000 - a political perspective
Aug 11, 2023
Simone Weil - Contemplative Service
Jul 17, 2023
Central: Our Story (the bits about money and resources)
Jul 17, 2023
Our Community’s Finances
Jul 12, 2023
Scripture through the lens of generosity
Jul 11, 2023
Contemplative Service St Therese Of Lisieux
Jul 11, 2023
God Walk- reflections from our book club
Jun 21, 2023
Slow June: Life’s Speed Bumps
Jun 06, 2023
Mark 14:1-11 A Christological Lens
May 23, 2023
Mark 14:1-11 a feminist perspective
May 17, 2023
The Anointing at Bethany: A Perspective in Powerlessness
May 17, 2023
John 20:1-18 Jesus meets Mary at the Tomb
Apr 19, 2023
Palm Sunday A different kind of king a different way of living
Apr 04, 2023
The Cross: Moral Influence Atonement Theory
Mar 20, 2023
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Mar 20, 2023
The Cross: a picture of humanity’s tendency to stuff things up
Mar 16, 2023
A Place of Hospitality and Community
Feb 24, 2023
A Posture of Openness, Curiosity, and Listening
Feb 14, 2023
A Deep And Growing Spirituality
Feb 09, 2023
Baptism Matthew 3:13-17
Jan 17, 2023
How Jesus messes up Mary’s life
Dec 12, 2022
How Jesus Messes Up Joseph’s Life
Dec 09, 2022
Luke 18 1 - 8 Through The Lens Of The Lectionary
Nov 29, 2022
Luke 18:1-8 An Indigenous Perspective of the parable of the persistent widow.
Nov 09, 2022
Wisdom, wounds and our hearts
Oct 20, 2022
Reimagining the Kingdom of God
Oct 11, 2022
Mark 2:1-11 The Complexity of Healing
Sep 23, 2022
Mark 2:1 - 11 Through The Lens Of Disability
Sep 12, 2022
John 8:1-11 A Discussion on Shame
Aug 24, 2022
Bonus Episode 'go And Sin No More'
Aug 23, 2022
John 8:1-11 The Lens of Mercy
Aug 18, 2022
Jesus, The Angry Mob And The Scapegoat
Aug 16, 2022
An Eastern view of the Prodigal Son
Jul 20, 2022
An Indigenous Perspective of the Prodigal Son
Jul 20, 2022
The Prodigal Son - Internal Family Systems Perspective
Jul 07, 2022
The Sign of Jonah
Jun 23, 2022
A Missional Perspective on Jonah
Jun 14, 2022
The Parable of Jonah
Jun 10, 2022
The Woman at the Well: A Microcosm of Revelation
May 20, 2022
The Woman at the Well: Was Jesus a Feminist?
May 10, 2022
The Woman at the Well, and Early Church Fathers readings…
May 02, 2022
The Cross as the throne of God
Apr 20, 2022
The Cross as Divine Magnet
Apr 06, 2022
Temptation Of Jesus In The Wilderness (TW Sexual Violence)
Mar 28, 2022
The Divine Conversation Part 2
Mar 28, 2022
Temptation Of Christ: Old Testament Fulfilment
Mar 24, 2022
The Divine Conversation Part 1
Mar 24, 2022
Church Plan for 2022
Mar 04, 2022
God comes to us disguised as our life
Nov 26, 2021
Moving beyond the immediate
Nov 26, 2021
Thinking About Purpose
Oct 28, 2021
Contemplation On Julian Of Norwich's Revelations Of Divine Love
Oct 19, 2021
Living in Lament and Praise
Sep 30, 2021
Planting gardens in exile
Sep 06, 2021
Imaginative Prayer: Teresa of Avila's Interior Garden
Aug 27, 2021
An examen
Aug 20, 2021
Genesis 1: a poet's perspective.
Aug 11, 2021
Genesis 1 - An Indigenous Perspective
Aug 03, 2021
Zacchaeus A Spirituality Of Descent
Jun 23, 2021
Zacchaeus - a 12 step recovery reading
Jun 16, 2021
Zacchaeus - a Middle Eastern Reading
Jun 08, 2021
Jesus calms the storm - an apophatic reading
May 21, 2021
Jesus calms the storm - a mental health reading
May 16, 2021
Jesus calms the storm - a political reading
May 05, 2021
2021 Preaching Plan
Apr 23, 2021
Doubting Thomas
Apr 14, 2021
The Cross and scapegoat theory
Mar 25, 2021
The Cross as Cosmic Reconciliation
Mar 18, 2021
Jesus Christ: Messiah, Saviour, and killer of trees
Mar 18, 2021
The Plan for Central in 2021
Feb 23, 2021
Being the people of God
Feb 15, 2021
Fear And Vulnerability
Dec 14, 2020
Final wrap up - Sermon on the Mount
Nov 24, 2020
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
Oct 22, 2020
COVID19 Season - The Prayer of St. Brendan
Aug 22, 2020
COVID19 Season - Psalm COVID-19 of Central Church
Jun 29, 2020
COVID19 Season - A COVID Examen
May 28, 2020
COVID19 Season - This time as liminal space
May 13, 2020
COVID19 Season - A Guided Meditation for encountering God’s love
May 09, 2020
The Jesus Prayer (guided prayer time)
May 06, 2020
COVID19 Season - A Guided Meditation for encountering God’s love
Apr 26, 2020
COVID19 Season - A Guided Prayer Reflection
Apr 20, 2020
COVID19 Season - Rabbit Hole (In Love We Hide) A conversation about Chris’ new song.
Apr 15, 2020
COVID19 Season - A Prayer of St. Aidan
Apr 07, 2020
COVID19 Season - Introduction
Apr 07, 2020
The Beatitudes Part 1
Mar 12, 2020
True and False Disciples
Mar 12, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Sunday Afternoon
Feb 27, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Sunday Morning
Feb 27, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Saturday Session 3 of 3
Feb 27, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Saturday Session 2 of 3
Feb 27, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Saturday Session 1 of 3
Feb 27, 2020
A weekend with Brad Jersak – Friday Long Lunch
Feb 27, 2020
The Good and the Bad Fruit
Dec 20, 2019
Come Lord Jesus, Come!
Dec 13, 2019
Building on the rock and the sand
Dec 05, 2019
The narrow and wide gates
Nov 22, 2019
Blessed in the ordinary
Nov 15, 2019
Unpacking ask, seek, knock
Nov 07, 2019
Ask Seek Knock
Nov 01, 2019
Do not judge
Nov 01, 2019
Born of God
Oct 20, 2019
Anxiety Panel
Oct 13, 2019
The eye is the lamp of the body
Sep 20, 2019
Hearing and doing
Sep 04, 2019
Forgiveness
Aug 24, 2019
Hinderances to becoming intimate with God
Aug 15, 2019
When you give…
Jul 26, 2019
Luke 4 and our “sent-ness"
Jul 18, 2019
Fast Chat
Jun 25, 2019
Matthew 6:1 Rewards for giving, praying and fasting
Jun 19, 2019
Pentecost Sunday
Jun 12, 2019
Reconcilliation Week – Guest Speaker
Jun 05, 2019
Oaths and Vows
May 31, 2019
Loving Enemy, ‘them’ and Kale
May 28, 2019
The Motherheart of God
May 17, 2019
Eye for an eye?
May 07, 2019
Treasures in heaven and Mammon
May 02, 2019
Easter Sunday
Apr 24, 2019
Palm Sunday 2019
Apr 16, 2019
Jesus on Lust
Mar 21, 2019
Jesus on Anger
Mar 14, 2019
Jesus and the Fulfillment of the Law
Mar 14, 2019
Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
Feb 20, 2019
What's up with 2019!?
Feb 19, 2019
Incarnation - the enfleshment of God
Dec 15, 2018
The Incarnation - Kenosis
Dec 06, 2018
The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness Part 2 of 2
Nov 20, 2018
Guest Speaker Joel Marsh on God and anxiety
Nov 13, 2018
Luke 18:1-8 How to pray and never give up?
Nov 08, 2018
The parable of the rich fool
Oct 30, 2018
Jesus in the wilderness. Part 1 of 2
Oct 30, 2018
Jesus The Good Shepherd
Oct 17, 2018
Compassionate Jesus
Oct 11, 2018
Navigating seasons in the spiritual wilderness
Sep 28, 2018
12 years is a short time to live and a long time to bleed. Mark 5:21-43
Sep 25, 2018
Youth Service Night
Sep 25, 2018
Father’s Day Panel Discussion
Sep 04, 2018
Living Out The Calling Of God To Be Courageous
Sep 04, 2018
Part 2 of Caro’s sermon on Mark 5: 1-20! The day Jesus said no!
Aug 14, 2018
The parable of the weeds
Aug 08, 2018
2 Kings 4:1-7 The Widow’s Olive Oil
Aug 01, 2018
Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10
Aug 01, 2018
Confronting Empires Part 1
Jul 20, 2018
Panel discussion – Beholding Jesus
Jul 06, 2018
Mark 4 – Jesus and our confusion
Jul 06, 2018
The Pool Of Bethesda
Jun 21, 2018
Love, Judgement and Jesus
Jun 14, 2018
The Jesus who asks us questions
Jun 07, 2018
Trinity Sunday
May 29, 2018
The Femininity Of God Panel Discussion
May 15, 2018
Beholding Jesus In The Post - Resurrection Stories
May 06, 2018
Doubting Thomas
Apr 23, 2018
The Fatherheart of God
Apr 17, 2018
Luke 24:13-35
Apr 11, 2018
The Pattern Of Death And Resurrection
Apr 04, 2018
The Paradox Of Palm Sunday
Mar 27, 2018
Jesus Anointed At Bethany
Mar 20, 2018
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Betrayal Matthew 26:31 - 35
Mar 15, 2018
John 1
Mar 13, 2018
Beholding Jesus – The Transfiguration Mark 9:2-10
Mar 01, 2018