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Genesis

Thursday September 28

St Bart's, Toowoomba clergy and staff sitting at a table enjoying conversation

Friendship | St Bart's Kid's Talk | Genesis 2.18-23 and John 15.12-15

“True friendship is such a gift and God invites us to enjoy the gift of friendship with him and with one another. So let’s celebrate our friends and be active in loving, supporting and encouraging each other,” says Bettrys Lowe from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba in this Kids’ Talk

Rublev's famous early 15th century icon showing the three Angels being hosted by Abraham at Mambré (Andrei Rublev, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Welcoming the stranger

“The idea of welcoming the stranger continues to find resistance today in so many ways. In the face of that resistance, our faith urges us toward building a more inclusive world, enriched by encounters with those who are different,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

"Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, penitence and resolving to follow Christ wholeheartedly, as we prepare to celebrate the victory of his death and resurrection and behold these events with fresh eyes," (The Rev'd Charlie Lacey)

Tough Questions: What is Lent?

“It is no coincidence that the season of Lent lasts for forty days,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from The Parish of Springfield

Painting as a metaphor for ministry

“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

A Bible reading tool kit

“When I heard the term ‘Bible reading tool kit’, I listened and reflected on the additional tools I can add to my own personal Bible reading tool kit, and it turns out there are a whole raft of ideas we can use to enrich our reading of scripture,” says FormedFaith’s Fiona Hammond

Darwin Day, Christianity and evolution

The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt of Good Shepherd Anglican Church discusses different approaches to ‘evolution’, with ‘Darwin Day’ this month commemorating one of the ‘most influential thinkers and writers of modern times’