

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
Mentioned books

May 10, 2023 • 23min
5.04 - Being the Church through Acts - Experience - Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White
This episode is the fourth of a five-part sermon series, Being the Church through Acts, originally preached for the season of Easter 2021, with Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White preaching about experience, from Acts 11:1-18, with an introduction by Abbey Sim.
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

May 3, 2023 • 19min
5.03 - Being the Church through Acts - Fragility - Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White
This episode is the third of a five-part sermon series, Being the Church through Acts, originally preached for the season of Easter 2021, with Rev. Adrian Sukumar-White preaching about fragility, from Acts 5:1-11, with an introduction by Abbey Sim.
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Apr 26, 2023 • 22min
5.02 - Being the Church through Acts - Sharing - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
This episode is the second of a five-part sermon series, Being the Church through Acts, originally preached for the season of Easter 2021, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White preaching about sharing, from Acts 2:42-47, with an introduction by James Barrow.
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Apr 19, 2023 • 21min
5.01 - Being the Church through Acts - Presence - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
This episode is the first of a five-part sermon series, Being the Church through Acts, originally preached for the season of Easter 2021, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White preaching about presence, from Acts 1:6-11, with an introduction by Abbey Sim.
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Apr 12, 2023 • 21min
4.06 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - The Woman with the Alabaster Jar - Gabi Cadenhead
This episode is the final of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Gabi Cadenhead preaching about the woman with the alabaster jar from Luke 7:36-50, with an introduction by Abbey Sim.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) What parts of yourself do you feel shame about?
3) How has shame impacted the way you relate to other people?
4) How can you share embodied, authentic love with others?
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Apr 5, 2023 • 21min
4.05 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - Mary & Martha - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
This episode is the fifth of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White preaching about Mary and Martha from Luke 10:38-42, with an introduction by Abbey Sim.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) How has your language been shaped by perceptions of gender?
3) How has your perceptions of gender shaped your language?
4) What jobs, roles, personalities – do you look down upon as inferior?
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Mar 29, 2023 • 27min
4.04 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - The Unnamed Woman - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
CW: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence.
This episode is the fourth of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White exploring the story of the unnamed woman through Judges 19:22-30, with an introduction by Abbey Sim and Bible reading by Christina Mikhael.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) How have you been complicit in a system that gives power and authority and protection predominantly to men?
3) How can I offer shelter to those at risk?
4) Who are the unnamed women of Judges today?
You can contact the Pastoral Care Team here: https://leichhardtuniting.elvanto.com.au/form/46c10733-7a9e-437b-9981-d4fb9bbc4acc
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Mar 21, 2023 • 23min
4.03 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - Hannah - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
This episode is the third of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White exploring the story of Hannah through 1 Samuel 1-2:10, with an introduction by Deepa Sealy.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) Where do you seek the approval, the stamp of worthiness, of others?
3) Where do you see your own worth?
4) What bodies/traits do we see as more worthy than others today?
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Mar 15, 2023 • 22min
4.02 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - Deborah - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
This episode is the second of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White exploring the story of Deborah through Judges 4:1-9, with an introduction by Nadia Russell.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) Who are some torches you can pay attention to, to help light your way in times of darkness?
3) How can you go on to light the way for others?
4) What stands in your way of finding hope and light in Christ?
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.

Mar 7, 2023 • 24min
4.01 - Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance - Eve - Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White
Happy International Women's Day! This episode is the first of a six-part sermon series, Biblical Women Calling us to Repentance, originally preached for Lent 2022, with Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White exploring the story of Eve through Genesis 2:18-3:19. Rev. Radhika also introduces this episode and this series.
If you wish to keep praying, journalling and reflecting, you might like to ponder these questions:
1) What do you feel moved to confess?
2) How has our misinterpretation of this story affected the way we view women?
3) How does imagining God as a feminine figure affect your theology?
4) Where do you see systemic misogyny today?
5) Hermann Gunkel suggests Adam and Eve sought to have “reason without pathos” – masterful discernment of everything, without the capacity to suffer and be vulnerable. Do we do this today?
Please like and subscribe to the podcast, and we would love it if you could leave a rating and review on your podcast platform. You can connect with Leichhardt Uniting Church at www.leichhardtuniting.org.au.