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Incarnation of Jesus

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St Bart's Kids eBook — Luke 1.39-56

Check out the latest scripture eBooks from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba, which adapt Old and New Testament scriptures for young children, including this one titled, “Mary (The Magnifcat)”, from Luke 1.39-56

"Mission for the Tasiu is incarnational. They witness to the Gospel by living alongside communities, sharing in their struggles, visiting folk who are sick, helping older people and speaking of their faith. Each household follows a daily rhythm of prayer and work," says Brad Chapman from the Anglican Board of Mission
Reflections

What can we learn about mission from one of the world’s most successful religious orders?

“Being sent out in mission does not necessarily mean going somewhere far away. If God’s mission has placed you right where you are at this moment, how could mission bring hope, healing and the flourishing of life into the communities where you find yourself?” asks Brad Chapman, Missioner for the Anglican Board of Mission and Provincial Clergy Conference speaker

Reflections

Liturgy: Making God our home

“Liturgy, then, is not first and foremost about prayer books, or rituals, or religious spaces. All of these things are meant to make audible and visible a reality that is not captured or exhausted by any of them, namely, God’s love for our embodied existence – for our flesh. The challenge of enacting liturgy is to make God’s love tangible amidst actual people and the concreteness of their lived lives,” says Dr Peter Kline from St Francis College