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“It’s truly a blessing when people join me to walk…This year I’ve invited a number of interfaith leaders, and cross-sector leaders to join me, as the need for peace is an issue affecting us all,” says Bishop John Roundhill
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“The temptation to seek security over justice, comfort over compassion, and power over humility is something that we all know in our own lives. Lent might be a time for us to step into the wilderness of our own lives, to confront what tempts us away from love, justice, and grace,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
“God is not in the business of cutting us down, but of helping us grow,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
World Council of Churches general secretary The Rev’d Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep alarm and grief over the deadly attack on Gaza carried out by Israeli forces on 17-18 March, killing more than 330 people: “We unequivocally condemn this unnecessary re-escalation of violence, which has led to more deaths and further suffering for innocent civilians, including women and children,” Pillay said
Four St Luke’s Anglican School students from Bundaberg reflect on what they learnt about the Easter story through their first prayer space experience with the help of their chaplain, The Rev’d Erika Williams
“In the second chapter of Acts, we find Jesus’ followers waiting, praying, hoping and expecting God to do something new. On that same day, they were filled with the Holy Spirit and three thousand people were added to their number,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield
“As a doctor, it is amazing to see how efficiently resources are mobilised here in Australia when an unwell or injured child comes into our emergency departments…But no resources are accessible to Palestinian children in Gaza — hospitals have been intentionally destroyed and humanitarian medical aid intentionally blocked. Children in Gaza are being left to die hungry and in pain. Why? Because Israel and its allies deem it acceptable since these children were born Palestinian. As a Palestinian and as a doctor my heart breaks every day I am unable to stop this from happening to my people,” says Dr Ahmad Abou-Sweid
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