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Alison and the whale — 100 episodes

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1

Matthew | Death and taxes

2

Philippians | Joy in the rain

3

Exodus | Ten commandments? No, ten signs of life

4

Exodus | What we need is here

5

Matthew | Saint Dolly & the art of forgiveness

6

Exodus | The god of freedom

7

Matthew | Some keys to the kingdom

8

Matthew | Rethinking Joshua

9

Genesis | Joseph and the amazing technicolour princess dress

10

Genesis | The hidden gifts of struggle

11

Genesis | Daddy's angel, mummy's devil

12

Genesis | Deep in the weeds with Jacob

13

Genesis | The joint inheritance

14

Matthew | But they doubted

15

Acts | Just look around!

16

John | Her mother's voice

17

1,2 Peter | A holy nation?

18

John | Knowing his voice

19

Luke | But we had hoped ...

20

Palm Sunday | The two parades

21

Ezekiel | Preach to the bones

22

John | Transformation: The heart of our faith

23

John | Boy meets girl at well: Two readings

24

John | Living into eternity

25

Matthew | Baptised & beloved

26

Matthew | Trans/figuration

27

Isaiah | To be like Birrarung or, To serve and thrive

28

Aboriginal Sunday | Bunjil & the order of Melchizedek

29

Christmas | Filling earth with the culture of heaven

30

Matthew | Love in the shadows

31

Matthew | Expectation management

32

Matthew | Holy fire

33

Matthew | Left behind with Jesus

34

Colossians | The visible image of God

35

Isaiah | A vision for the City of Manningham

36

Luke | Resurrection now!

37

Psalms | Even the hard pathways overflow with abundance

38

Luke | George & Ruby & the long arc of history

39

Jeremiah | Planting with the prophet Jeremiah

40

Luke | Increase our faith!

41

Luke | Mind the gap!

42

Romans | Ruth & the body of Christ

43

Luke | Three invitations into joy

44

Psalms | My grandparents' breakfast table and other stories

45

Luke | A rollicking romance, revisited

46

Hosea & the cycle of violence

47

Matthew | Love like salt

48

Luke | Mary and Martha, united

49

John | The breath

50

Kings | Elijah in the age of kings

51

IDAHOBIT | Shall I sacrifice my child?

52

Luke | Resurrection faith

53

Luke | Get your sh*t together!

54

Luke | No ifs about it

55

Luke | Baptism in the midst of life

56

Isaiah | The politics of love

57

Luke | Where God's word comes

58

John | Revelation at Armageddon

59

Mark | The widow's gift

60

Job | On suffering and shimmering joy

61

Genesis | The teacher trees

62

Corinthians | Without friction no shine

63

Psalms | Written in the stars

64

Mark, Isaiah | Finding her voice

65

Revelation | So much better than you think!

66

Samuel | Joining the sacred dance

67

John | God's dwelling place

68

Mark | How Satan casts out Satan

69

Malachi | Wholehearted worship, overflowing life

70

John | But they were doubtful

71

Palm Sunday | The jester's joke

72

Mark | Blind faith

73

Farewell, Sanctuary

74

Matthew | The billionaire, the stockbroker and the storyteller

75

Matthew | Ten foolish bridesmaids, embraced

76

Matthew | Authority in the church

77

Matthew | The demands of love

78

Philippians | In the depths of anguish, joy

79

Matthew | Custodians of the land

80

Matthew & Exodus | Seventy times seven leads to heaven or hell

81

Matthew | The rigours and joys of love

82

Exodus | The God of freedom

83

Exodus | Agents of joyful rebellion

84

Matthew | Decolonising Joshua

85

Genesis | Striving with God and men

86

Romans | While Rome burns

87

Genesis | Betwixt and between

88

Genesis | Alt*red state: A text of terror offers good news

89

Romans | Practice resurrection

90

Genesis | Abram: Our ancestor-colonizer

91

Pentecost | And they were all together in one place

92

Acts | Just look around!

93

1,2 Peter | A humble, holy people

94

Acts | The four devotions

95

Luke | The road to all things new

96

Matthew | Walking with pride

97

Ezekiel | Dem dry colonial bones

98

John | Trans/forming

99

Matthew | So you’re God’s child. Now what?

100

Matthew | Kill them with kindness