
What is it that we Christians do?
“But let’s ask this question again with a slight twist. What is it that we Christians do that mark us out? What is it that we do that other groups of folk do not?” says Bishop John Roundhill
“But let’s ask this question again with a slight twist. What is it that we Christians do that mark us out? What is it that we do that other groups of folk do not?” says Bishop John Roundhill
Renewal, as we’ve come to see, isn’t something that happens to the Church from the outside. It begins with a praying people. It starts in the hidden places, in the heart that says, ‘Lord, I want more of You’,” says The Rev’d Pete Jeffery
Scorsese’s unrelenting courage to create faith-soaked art in the face of vehement opposition inspired me in 1988 to be committed to doing the same — never let ignorance undermine faith, whether it be yours or another’s,” says Jonathan Sargeant from St Francis College
“The current wars, with their increasing focus on targeting civilians, sometimes with genocidal intent, are leading whole societies into the space where collectively they will be subject to moral injury,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
“I have come to believe that learning about what we do not know, expanding upon what we assume we know and respecting and embracing the breadth of surviving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledges and spiritualities that pre-existed colonialism is one of the most effective ways that non-Indigenous people can influence the pathway to reconciliation,” says The Rev’d Loretta Tyler-Moss
“I admire Yessie’s courageous choice to stay on Masig with his young family even though it would be easier and more comfortable on the mainland. He told me that it is essential to stay on the island because if he leaves, ‘It’s over’. He said that they need their island to keep their culture alive,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn
“Both the GP and renal specialist concluded that falling from the horse saved my life…and there is such grace in that,” observes Bishop Cam
“Who is Socrates among us today? Who is corrupting the youth by teaching them to hold the world in common against the efficiencies of the city? She’s not in the university, but in another of capitalism’s public squares, YouTube, and her name is Ms Rachel,” says Dr Peter Kline from St Francis College
“I smiled and sat down, placing the chaplaincy resources onto the bolted-down table in the prison unit. Several women then quickly made their way over, variously asking me, ‘Can you pray for my court appearance to go well next week, please, Miss?’ and ‘Can you pray for my children and for my sick mum?’,” says chaplain Jude Markland
“Staying would have taken courage, but leaving took even more courage — Dad escaped arrest thanks to a sleeping border guard, a helpful ‘milkmaid’ and a ‘gun’ that was really a bottle neck under his coat,” says The Rev’d Mel Conway
“The Faith Café at St Paul’s, Ashgrove, while being nourished by other branches of the café movement, will be the first of its kind. Those who join us will help set the course of Faith Cafés into the future,” says medical ethicist and café movement facilitator, Dr Sarah Winch
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