Spotlight Q&A
Meet Rob Bates and find out about his current activities, what person of faith inspires him the most and the kindest gesture he has ever witnessed
People & History
“I did the two-year whites-only compulsory military conscription as a ‘religious non-combatant’, but when required to do continuous military service one month per year, thanks to Albert Nolan and his contemporaries, I found the courage to declare myself a conscientious objector in the late 1980s, risking jail and worse,” says The Rev’d Nic Denny-Dimitriou
Meet Margaret Atkin and find out about her work overseas as a journalist and a nurse, her latest book Frigate Birds, the best piece of advice she’s ever been given and how faith inspires her life
“We are transformed by our empathetic engagement with perspectives that are different to our own. And, we find our goodness in every moment of compassion and loving kindness that emerges in the space between us as we share our lives together,” says The Rev’d Sue Grimmett
“Opportunistic acts of kindness, which I call ‘OAK’, are a way of loving others, as set out in ‘the golden rule’ of treating others as we would like to be treated…The acronym ‘OAK’ reminds us that oak trees have historically symbolised qualities underpinning kind actions,” says Cathedral community member Ken Willett
The world is mourning the passing of a towering figure in the struggle for freedom and for human dignity and rights: “Tutu believed passionately that the Christian faith is inclusive of all, and that Christian responsibility is for the good of all people. His leadership strengthened us all in that belief and continues to call us to action upon that belief”
“Every person who is baptised promises, or in the case of young children godparents promise on their behalf, to turn to Christ. They are signed with the sign of the cross to show that they are marked as Christ’s own forever. And they are called to Christian ministry, to serve Christ in the world,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall
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