Preaching into the mirror - Sharmini Kumar

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Each week, I preach a sermon into the mirror.

Sharmini Kumar


    • Jan 9, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Proper 29C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020


    Reflections into the mirror (and just like that, I am done with that phrase) about Luke 23:33-43. On Jesus as king.

    Proper 28C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020


    Reflections into the mirror (either the mirror is worse or I have got at least three years older since this started) about Luke 21:5-19. On endurance.

    Proper 27C

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I’m tired of that reflection and she’s also looking a bit tired as well) about Luke 20:27-38. On life and the afterlife.

    Proper 26C

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (as we limp toward the finish line) about Luke 19:1-10. On privilege and grace.

    Proper 25C

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (it now occurs to me I should have been taking selfies to document my ageing process through this project but oh well) about Luke 18:9-14. On mercy.

    Proper 24C

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (the rear view mirror given how long there was between me writing this and posting it) on a Luke 18:1-8. On not giving up.

    Proper 23C

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (for which I am grateful) about Luke 17:11-19. On gratitude.

    Proper 22C

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I thought about resorting to using a phone camera as a mirror but that’s a bit too complex so I found a real one) about Luke 17:5-10. On faith.

    Proper 21C

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (all mirror, no smoke) about Luke 16:19-31. On money.

    Proper 20C

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (sometimes it feels so chaotic it should be a mirror ball at a disco) about Luke 16:1-13. On God and money.

    Proper 19C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change) about Luke 15:1-10. On joy.

    Proper 18C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I did look into a mirror this week that had a $4000 price tag, but I didn’t preach into it … maybe I should have) about Luke 14:25-33. On community.

    Proper 17C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (not at pretty sight at 7 in the morning) about Luke 14-1, 7-14. On social climbing.

    Proper 16C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (a hotel bathroom mirror this time) about Luke 13:10-17. On bending under oppression, and freedom.

    Proper 15C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (how could you even suggest that I am counting down the weeks before I can jettison that dumb pun?) about Luke 12:49-56. On division and the signs of the times.

    Proper 14C

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I’m talking to the (wo)man in the mirror, I’m asking her to change her ways) about Luke 12:32-40. On fear and generosity.

    Proper 13C

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (while trying not to be distracted by my bad hair day) about Luke 12:13-21. On wealth and community.

    Proper 12C

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I don’t think I’m supposed to be noticing that it’s a bad hair day, but there you have it) about Luke 11:1-13. On God and prayer.

    Proper 11C

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (although today I was backlit so my reflection was my shadow ….) about Luke 10:38-42. On comparisons and worry.

    Proper 10C

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (that mirror isn’t getting kinder) about Luke 10:25-37. On goodness and gratitude.

    Proper 9C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (believe me I am counting down the weeks until I jettison that silly pun) about Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. On demons and power and love.

    Proper 8C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I should probably spend more time reflection on the poor quality of the wordplay I use) about Luke 9:51-62. On commitment.

    Proper 7C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (not the tabloid paper) about Luke 8:26-39. On … demons?

    Trinity C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (sometimes it’s a mirror ball and I have a disco while I’m preaching) about John 16:12-15. On truth and glory.

    Pentecost C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (not the rear view mirror, though) about John 14:8-17. On those who are called alongside.

    Easter 7C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I’m talking to the man in the mirror; I’m asking him to change his ways) about John 17:20-26. On love and unity.

    Easter 6C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (if I were a dad, that might almost be a dad joke) about John 14:23-29. On love and peace.

    Easter 5C

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (like a John Wick set piece but with only metaphorical blood) about John 13:31-35. On love.

    Easter 4C

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (I’ve discovered that backlighting puts me in flattering shadow) about John 10:22-30. On hearing the voice of Jesus

    Easter 3C

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (think the house of mirrors from the film ‘Us’) about John 21:1-19. On ordinariness and resurrection.

    Easter 2C

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (maybe a bit like the Star Trek mirror universe, except that I have no idea what I would be like there) about John 20:19-31. On peace.

    Easter C

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (both the literal and the digital black mirror, I guess) about John 20:1-18. On life and resurrection.

    Passion C

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (sometimes the cross is a mirror, too) about Luke 22:14-23:56. On sadness, forgiveness and trust.

    Lent 5C

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (maybe part of it is me trying to become more comfortable with the person in that mirror?) about John 12:1-8. On spontaneous love.

    Lent 4C

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (the length of this audio doesn’t reflect the length of time I spent reflecting) about Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32. On grace.

    Lent 3C

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (reflecting the reflections in my heart …) about Luke 13:1-9. On tragedy and blame.

    Lent 2C

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (with construction in the background, sorry) about Luke 13:31-35. On other people’s criticism and praise.

    Lent 1C

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (kind of like that cave that Rey enters in The Last Jedi) about Luke 4:1-13. On temptation and identity.

    Transfiguration C

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (but not one you can go through into Wonderland) about Luke 9:28-36. On mountaintops.

    Epiphany 7C

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (hopefully it makes the inside of my brain look bigger) about Luke 6:27-38. On loving enemies.

    Epiphany 6C

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (don’t worry, it’s not sentient) about Luke 6:17-26. On blessing and woe.

    Epiphany 5C

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (unlike in ‘Black Mirror’, the non-dystopian kind) about Luke 5:1-11. On being tired and cynical.

    Epiphany 4C

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (there’s nothing like a good joke, and that is nothing like a good joke) about Luke 4:21-30. On access to grace.

    Epiphany 3C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (like the Mary Poppins mirror where the reflection is independent of the person) about Luke 4:14-21. On reparations and justice.

    Epiphany 2C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (which crack’d from side to side … no it didn’t but it’s a good story, as Tennyson will tell you) about John 2:1-11. On wine.

    Baptism C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (like the one that Richard III called for, according to Shakespeare) about Luke 3:15-17,21-22. On the various identities of Jesus.

    Epiphany 1C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (just like Julia Roberts) about Matthew 2:1-12. On knowledge and giving.

    Christmas 1C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (which ‘crack’d from side to side’ a la Tennyson … no it didn’t) about Luke 2:41-52. On ordinariness.

    Advent 4C

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2019


    Reflections into the mirror (this week I’m pretending to be Charlize Theron in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’) about Luke 1:39-45. On women’s friendship.

    Advent 3C

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2018


    Reflections into the mirror (the person looking back looks bleary eyed … is that normal?) about Luke 3:7-18. On justice and precursors.

    Advent 2C

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2018


    Reflections into the mirror (while I try to concentrate on what I’m saying rather than how my hair looks) about Luke 1:68-79. On doubt and wild hope.

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