âWhile waiting for the event to begin, a couple of women near us opened conversation. One asked, âAre you guys Christians?â I replied, cheekily, pointing to my friend, âHe is and Iâm not!â So began a discussion with them as to why I wasnât and why I should be. I parried well, having been familiar with this approach, but was stumped at the womanâs last riposte,â says The Revâd David Baker, General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together
âI would not be where I am today without those critical vocation conversations â with the caring Society of the Sacred Advent sisters, the insightful parish priest and the wise friends. God uses ordinary people like you and me to initiate conversations of encouragement,â says The Revâd Canon Sarah Plowman on her call to the priesthood, as Vocations Month continues
âThe problem is that in a highly secular culture religious ritual has been largely banished from the public space and the nation-state has assumed the mantle of the manager of violence,â says St Francis College Scholar in Residence The Right Revâd Professor Stephen Pickard, who will be giving the 2021 Felix Arnott Lecture, which will be held online this year
âIn the late 1970s, Japanese Christian theologian, Kosuke Koyamaâs book, Three Mile an Hour God was published. Jesus of Nazareth, who is God, walked at three miles per hour. God, who is love, walks at three miles per hour. Love has a speed, Koyama says, and that speed is slow. As we enter once again into Holy Week, what would our Holy Week be if more of it were at loveâs speed?” asks Bishop John Roundhill
âThere are so many places that resonate with history, identity and faith, but it is the people â rather than the places â who especially capture my heartâŚLet me share the stories of meeting a handful of remarkable people over several decades of visiting, working and living in Palestine and its adjacent lands,â says The Revâd Dr Greg JenksÂ
âJesus calls us into life in all its abundance, which includes the fundamental right to be safe â as Anglicans we are committed to transforming unjust structures of society and challenging violence of every kind, which necessitates actively contesting social norms that foster inequality and associated violence,â says Domestic and Family Violence Working Group member The Revâd Gillian Moses
Coomera Anglican College (CAC) students recently donated books to Gold Coast charity St Johnâs Crisis Centre so families in need have books to read over Christmas
âThis painting is a mural behind the High Altar in the Chapel of the Transfiguration at the College in Colombo, Sri Lanka where my husband Karol was educated and where we have worshipped from time to time. With his choice of subdued colours, the artist, David Paynter intentionally seeks to convey this deeply spiritual experience in the life of Jesus,â says Deanna Misso, as the Transfiguration is celebrated on 6 August