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Fr. Jerry Kurian is a priest, theological educator and public speaker with interests in blogging, social media, theatre, internet ethics, preaching, life skills and leadership training.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Give me back my religion/church. Ghar wapsi to mera ghar wapas karo! Sermon

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Imagine a scenario where people below 50 years of age are moving out of the church. Churches are becoming empty and won’t have many people w...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Sunday evening service: Let my people go so that they may worship me; Give me back my religion

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Worship order Opening prayer Let us worship God by feeling the ever abiding presence of God amongst us. Shall we at this time pray with un...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Quiet day/retreat worship order

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Opening prayer With all my heart I praise the LORD, and with all that I am I praise his holy name! With all my heart I praise the LORD! I w...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Annual General Meeting worship order

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Opening prayer. God, son and Holy Spirit, thank you for good rest, travel mercies and the opportunity to gather together. Lead us today to ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Revisiting reformation: Explorations on Religion-State relations Then and Now: Sermon

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1 Peter 2:1-5 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for t...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Wedding sermon c(b)lues

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A wedding sermon has changed over the years in church. Earlier it would be a very small exhortation in church and the couple would not be ...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Blood is thicker than water

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John 6:35-46 Jesus declares “I am the bread of life. Those who come to me will never hunger and those who believe in me will never thirst....
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Christianity- The panacea to the ills of the modern world.

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Respected fathers, judges, elders, parents and dear friends, The topic Christianity- The Panacea to the ills of the modern world is apt for...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

English service for a more inclusive church

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Church has to be inclusive in every respect. Theological differences with regard to communion and beliefs always were a part of the church...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

The service of Pentecost as renewal and hope for a spirited tomorrow

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Come Holy Spirit, dwell inside us Come Holy Spirit, renew us Come Holy Spirit, make us a channel for your grace Come Holy Spirit, may w...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Short speech for Sunday school competition

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2 Peter 1:4: We are the partakers of divine nature. (Theme) Nelson Mandela said that “Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but neve...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Marriage as a sacrament of love, care and consensus instead of a religious seal for rape

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A statement has come from a section of the legislature in India explaining that rape within marriage cannot come under the preview of rape...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Maundy Thursday: Our small steps of commitment and faith

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Maundy Thursday is celebrated the world over as a time for Christians to come together and partake in the communion of the body and blood o...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

May peace burn our insecurities away.

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Peace is difficult to comprehend especially when one comes across Jesus’ exhortation that “I have not come to make peace in this world.” Wh...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The bent woman as a lenten pointer to liberation

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In the gospel according to St. Luke 13:10-17 the woman with an infirmity for 18 years catches Jesus’ attention in the synagogue while he ...
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