

As LUC Would Have It
Leichhardt Uniting Church
A Leichhardt Uniting Church podcast featuring weekly sermons and additional content.
Intro music by:
- Anthony Tam - soundcloud.com/amfomy - (2025 - present)
- Oran Harkin - @oranoramusic - (2022-2024)
Cover art by Hannah Power.
Intro music by:
- Anthony Tam - soundcloud.com/amfomy - (2025 - present)
- Oran Harkin - @oranoramusic - (2022-2024)
Cover art by Hannah Power.
Episodes
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Sep 15, 2025 • 23min
2025 #47 - One Big Story? - Michael Dean
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Michael Dean explores the two origin stories of King David as found in 1 Samuel, and asks us: is the Bible one big story, or a library of stories?Contains some coarse language.This sermon was delivered on the 14th September 2025 at the 6:30pm service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2017&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Sep 14, 2025 • 10min
2025 #46 - Goliath & David - Margie Whelan
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Margie Whelan re-imagines the famous story of David and Goliath, which took place in the ancient city of... Gaza.This sermon was delivered on the 14th September 2025 at the 10am service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2017&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Sep 1, 2025 • 25min
2025 #45 - Can Religion Be Trusted, and What is the Antidote to Toxic Spirituality? - Rev. Erik Lennestål
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Rev. Erik Lennestål offers history and theology as he delves into the story of God calling the young Samuel in the middle of the night.This sermon was delivered on the 31st August 2025 at the 10am and 6:30pm services.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%203&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 25, 2025 • 14min
2025 #44 - Re-Reading Delilah and Samson in Light of God's Presence - Maikeli Ramaidama
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Maikeli Ramaidama invites us to unlearn and relearn some things in relation to the story of Samson and Delilah.This sermon was delivered on the 24th August 2025 at the 6:30pm service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2016%3A1-22&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 25, 2025 • 20min
2025 #43 - Praise God, my hair is growing back! Samson as a model of God’s forgiveness - Graeme Randall
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Graeme Randall takes a pastoral and compassionate view to the infamous story of Samson and Delilah.This sermon was delivered on the 24th August 2025 at the 10am service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2016%3A1-22&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 18, 2025 • 18min
2025 #42 - Cyclical Violence, Ultimate Liberation - Ps. Ella Evans
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Pastor Ella Evans, Youth and Young Adults Pastor at Glenbrook Uniting Church, brings her full evangelical self to the story of Deborah and Jael.This sermon was delivered on the 17th August 2025 at the 6:30pm service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%204&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 17, 2025 • 14min
2025 #41 - What do Jael, Being Trans, and Christ Crucified Have in Common? - Ps. Eidan Keiran
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Pastor Eidan Keiran, pastor at New City Church powerfully weaves together the story of Jael and the tent peg with their own story.This sermon was delivered on the 17th August 2025 at the 10am service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%204&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 10, 2025 • 28min
2025 #40 - A Third Space: A Re-Reading of Joshua 6 - Ifana Tungga
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Ifana Tungga beautifully unpacks assumptions and blind spots in the story of Joshua and Jericho,This sermon was delivered on the 10th August 2025 at the 6:30pm service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%206&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 10, 2025 • 15min
2025 #39 - When Will Liberation Come? - Rev. Heewon Chang
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, Rev. Heewon Chang juxtaposes the classic children's bible story, Joshua and the battle (genocide?) of Jericho with the present genocide in Gaza.This sermon was delivered on the 10th August 2025 at the 10am service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%206&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/

Aug 4, 2025 • 26min
2025 #34 - Joseph's Test: Sex, Power and the Dark Night of the Soul - Rev. Dr. Sathi Clarke
Welcome, friends, to the next episode in our series titled Back 2 School: Children’s Bible Stories for Radical Disciples. In this series we are looking back at all those stories we heard as children and revisiting them with a radical heart.In this episode, guest preacher Rev. Dr. Sathi Clarke looks at the uncomfortable story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife.This sermon was delivered on the 20th July 2025 at the 6:30pm service.Find the full reading here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2039&version=NRSVUETheme music by Anthony Tam. Find more of Anthony’s music here.soundcloud.com/amfomyVisit our Facebook page or find us via our website.https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtUChttps://www.leichhardtuniting.org.au/