“This Christmas when I celebrate the birth of the one we call ‘Emmanuel’, or ‘God with us’, I will say a prayer of thanks for how we have sought to be and to meet ‘God with us’ over this last year, as I look with hope for the year to come,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
“It’s interesting that in this little story, some of the first verbs associated with Jesus refer to him sitting among the teachers. listening to them and asking them questions,” says Archbishop Jeremy Greaves
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
Check out this excerpt from the latest Anglican Board of Mission devotional, Caravan — a stunning book of incarnational stories based on Jesus’ birth, set in an Australian landscape, and written by The Rev’d Canon Stephen Daughtry for group or individual reflection
“This book inspires me because it reminds me that being baptised and ordained does not fulfil or justify my status as a Christ follower. I am called to take up my cross and proclaim Christ’s grace, and this costly grace must be lived in my daily discipleship,” says The Rev’d Sam Sigamani from The Parish of Wynnum
“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