“…a blind obsession with love requires us to build relationships not walls, requires trust not fear, requires that we make room for difference rather than cling to an arrogant assurance that my way is the only way,” says Bishop Jeremy Greaves
Upon the 20th anniversary of the UN Resolution 1325, the question is still being answered as to whether women’s important work in peace and security is getting the visibility it deserves
Clergy and lay people from across Southern Queensland honour Bishop Cam Venables, as he celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood today
“One of our children gave me a personalised ‘Countdown to Retirement’ fridge magnet with dates to mark off. Initially I couldn’t be bothered marking off each day, instead opting to cross out a month at a time,” says The Ven. Valerie Hoare
Renowned social justice activist, broadcaster and former Socceroo captain Craig Foster AM headlines this year’s International Day of Peace commemorations at St John’s Cathedral on 21 September
Meet Eden Monypenny and find out about his studies, favourite scripture, what Reconciliation and NAIDOC Week mean to him, where he does his best thinking and what he enjoys doing in his free time
“As we have gifted these scarves to our Federal MPs and Senators, we have asked our nation’s leaders to take seriously the issue of climate change…We have also asked them to listen to and be led by those most impacted by our warming world, Aboriginal peoples, Torres Strait Islander peoples, and our neighbours – peoples of the Pacific Island nations,” says the Common Grace team, led by Wakka Wakka woman and Evangelical Christian, CEO Brooke Prentis
“Despite growing up in Canberra, I only first heard about the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1998 at the age of 22. During that year I was employed by an Aboriginal agency to tutor First Nations primary school children…At the end of the final tutoring session, the student’s parents thanked me with hand painted gifts, including a rock featuring the Aboriginal flag on one side and ‘The Aboriginal Tent Embassy 1998’ on the other,” says Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group member, Michelle McDonald
The Second Session of the Seventy-Ninth Synod for the Diocese of Brisbane is being held on 5 to 7 October 2018 at Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane – we take a look at what Synod is, its role, its history and how it functions through the eyes of a variety of Synod representatives
Meet Gemma Dashwood and find out how her faith and work as a doctor intersect, how she became a Gold medal-winning Olympian, what person of faith inspires her the most and why, her favourite scripture, what day she would like to relive and what she would write on a billboard