“Being a person of faith in no way means that we see things that are not there, but rather the way in which we understand the things that are there is changed by our faith,ā says The Revād Andrew Schmidt
Approximately 3,615 Palestinians are being detained by Israeli authorities, including 40 children and 20 women ā Lulu Aranki-Nasir’s 24-year-old Anglican daughter, Layan, is just one of these PalestiniansĀ
TheĀ Season of Creation, an annual celebration of prayer and action for the environment, began on 1 September. During this annual event, Christians around the world renew their relationship with the Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion and commitment
In the course of indexing the Brisbane Diocesan Newsletter, a photograph of a former Archbishop of Brisbane standing next to one of the most prominent First Nation poets of the 20th century sparked a Records and Archives investigation into the connections between Oodgeroo Noonuccal and St Markās Church, Dunwich on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)
The Revād Tiffany Sparks, who starred in the SBS reality show Christians Like Us, assembled five of her co-stars for an insightful Q&A wine and cheese fundraising night at St Paulās recently
Four priests from across our Diocese tell us about their favourite passage from the Gospel of Matthew, including Bishop Jeremy Greaves, The Rev’d Ms Melissa Conway, The Rev’d Canon Bruce Boase and The Rev’d Canon Dr Jim McPherson
āI suspect the tendency to very quickly retreat into our bunkers, and to start actively protecting ourselves by attacking āthe oppositionā is driven, at least in part, by the way people feel so certain about their positions ā such that if anyone disagrees, they must be fundamentally wrong,ā says The Revād Andrew Schmidt
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
āLike any ministry activity, it is important that a parish or other faith community plans well for a retreat,ā says Bishop Bill Ray from Resource Church St Johnās Cathedral
Matthew Flinders Anglican College Secondary School students are starting a radio station and who better to teach them the ropes than one of the Sunshine Coastās best, Old Flinderian and Hot 91.1FM Radio Host Sam Coward (Flinders Class of 1996)?