Reflections
The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt reflects on the Christchurch terror attacks and the collective responsibility we all have to help make our communities safe: “We all have a responsibility to challenge hatred for the sake of a much greater peace”
Reflections
The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt of Good Shepherd Anglican Church discusses different approaches to ‘evolution’, with ‘Darwin Day’ this month commemorating one of the ‘most influential thinkers and writers of modern times’
The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt explores the meaning of the Hebrew word ‘Chesed’, which blends loving kindness, generosity and engagement in its meaning, and its implications for us as followers of Christ
‘Hope may seem like a strange thing to describe as radical in the context of Christmas….it is not a hope for self, or even a hope for someone we know, but rather it is a hope that goes wider,’ reflects The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt
“…that we are temporary creatures operating in an eternal framework means that we should be re-evaluating our goals to strive for love, which is marked with eternity, to be revealed in our actions,” reflects The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt
“When we talk about God as judge, we are imagining God as the one who sees the brokenness and helps to restore it to wholeness, rather than the one who punishes those who have done the wrong thing,” says The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt, Priest-in-Charge of Good Shepherd Anglican church, Bundaberg West
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