Sarah Agnew

About Sarah Agnew

Sarah Agnew is a storyteller, poet, and minister – this three-fold vocation and identity giving shape to a life guided by Christian spirituality. Born and raised on Kuarna land in Adelaide, South Australia, Sarah now lives on Ngunnawal country in Canberra. For three years, she lived in Edinburgh, in the land of her Scottish ancestors.

Our inheritance: cherish with use

Reflection on Exodus 20:1–17 Ten Commandments. Ten, among over a hundred scattered through the Torah – in [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-03-08T12:27:56+11:00March 8th, 2021|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: justice, lent, mutuality, The Sacred Story, Wesley Uniting Canberra|0 Comments

The Way of faithful, forgiving, love

Reflection for Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest Psalm 25:1–10 (& Genesis 9:8–17; Mark 1:1–11) Psalm 25:1–10 To [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-02-22T12:09:56+11:00February 22nd, 2021|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: lent, poetry, The Sacred Story, Wesley Uniting Canberra|0 Comments

A time for silence

Reflection for Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1–12; Mark 9:2–9; Psalm 50:1–6 Sometimes stories [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-02-14T13:29:34+11:00February 14th, 2021|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: Jesus, spirituality, The Sacred Story, Wesley Uniting Canberra, worship|0 Comments

Finding love, living love, that builds each other up

Reflection for Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest Epiphany 4 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28; Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Grace [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-02-01T16:20:06+11:00February 2nd, 2021|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: Australia, leadership, reflection, Wesley Uniting Canberra, women|0 Comments

Like a brave green shoot

Burns night hope, 2021 Oh my hope is like a new green shoot that's [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-01-26T12:33:26+11:00January 26th, 2021|Categories: Poetry|Tags: justice, poetry, Scotland|0 Comments

When God calls

1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) and John 1:43-51 Reflection for Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, Epiphany 2 Samuel [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2021-01-19T22:21:43+11:00January 20th, 2021|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: Jesus, reflection, The Sacred Story, Wesley Uniting Canberra|0 Comments

Christmas: Promise

Finding meaning through ancient story Homily for Advent 4 – Lessons and Carols Worship [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2020-12-23T10:26:40+11:00December 23rd, 2020|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: Advent, Christmas, reflection, The Sacred Story|0 Comments

Last Christmas

For Christmas 2019 and 2020 (and the rest) Last Christmas gave us a fright, lines [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2020-12-07T19:28:42+11:00December 8th, 2020|Categories: Poetry|Tags: Australia, Christmas, grief, poetry|0 Comments

Peace: the light within the darkness

Reflection on the Word – Advent 2 Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest We begin with a translation of Mark [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2020-12-05T19:16:02+11:00December 6th, 2020|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: Advent, The Sacred Story, Wesley Uniting Canberra|0 Comments

Ten years ordained

A moment for reflection 5 December 2010, Adelaide West Uniting Church, two women, three men, all under [...]

By Sarah Agnew|2020-12-05T17:27:54+11:00December 5th, 2020|Categories: Ministry of Presence|Tags: chronic fatigue, Embodied Performance, leadership, Network of Biblical Storytellers, ordination, PhD, Uniting Church|0 Comments

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