‘The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person this Christmas’, reflects The Rev’d Canon Linda McWilliam
“Excellent thurifers spin the thurible in such a way that a thick cloud emerges during the Eucharistic Prayer. I try and get a good smoke happening. Although there is a fine line between smothering the incense hot coals and not putting enough incense in the thurible,” says formation student Tim Newton, who is currently studying theology at Oxford University
Archbishop Don Tamihere and The Rev’d Dr Wayne Te Kaawa have joined theology students and staff from Otago University and Te Rau Theological College to bless and launch the new side-by-side Māori-English language Paipera Tapu – Bible
“As a Guide, whether you are showing one or two visitors, or a larger group, around it’s always a thrill to see their reaction as you explain the Cathedral and its many treasures to them,” says Cathedral Guide Denzil Scrivens
“With the relentless bombing in Gaza, I think about the future of the young Palestinians there if they do live. More than 16,000 of the 40,000 people killed in Gaza are children. However, even surviving this statistic as a young person in Gaza means living in constant fear of being killed, grief from loss of family and friends and displacement from your home with no protection or safe place to go,” says a secondary school student and St Andrew’s, Indooroopilly parishioner
Four priests from across our Diocese tell us about their favourite passage from the Gospel of Luke, including The Rev’d Rebecca King, The Rev’d Adam Lowe, The Rev’d Deb Bird and The Rev’d Michael Stalley
“For Christians, a focus on ‘creation’, rather than the ‘environment’ or ‘ecology’, underscores the interconnectedness of all life, affirming the deep connection we have with the broader created order and encouraging a genuine love and concern for all that God has created,” says The Rev’d Professor Rodney Wolff
Find out our Diocese’s December daily prayer points and join our community in intercession this month
At a recent Parish of Noosa service, congregation members Syd Hugh and Robert Ginnaw shared these testimonies, as they reaffirmed their commitment to Jesus