“Sunday 13 August 2023 was designated at the recent Synod as ‘Anglicare Sunday’ in our Diocese. This day is a wonderful opportunity for parishes and other faith communities to acknowledge, celebrate and pray for the work of Anglicare Southern Queensland,” says Dr Stephen Harrison
The Ven. Keith Dean-Jones asks whether we can pray for rain while in the grip of drought and, if so, what does praying for rain mean?
“In your work of ministry do you think of yourself as a big brush filling in the background of a canvas or a finer brush attending to detail? Are you a much-used brush, with old paint stuck to it, or are you a shiny brush that has not been used much at all?” asks Bishop Cam Venables
“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
Hear Anglicare Cultural Support Worker and Kuku Yalanji Traditional Owner Lalania Tusa share about Aboriginal art practices, including regarding history, symbols, totems, tools and materials, technique and the importance of story
“If the Church is to be renewed from the edge it must make space for the edge to come to the centre. That space needs to be open to disruptive prophets and uncomfortable conversations – and accessible,” say Fiona MacMillan and The Rev’d Jonathan Evens from St Martin-in-the-Fields
“It seems to me that the most effective and unifying of National Days are those which seek to build on a sense of unity or common purpose that is shared across the nation,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
Inspired by a recent online article, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall summarises five common ‘mindtraps’ and asks us to consider questions that may generate new energy and solutions
A Brisbane mum and her daughter have donated more than 300 care packs to Anglicare Southern Queensland’s foster care services