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Messages of Hope
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How might we be attentive to our spiritual journey ....
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Linda Stone has coined a wonderful phrase – continuous partial attention, which she explains as being connected, busy, in demand, constantly scanning for opportunities, ...... |
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Un-Australian & Un-Christian !
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Have we forgotten key Australian values, even Christian values, in our treatment of asylum-seekers? |
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Being happy?
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Obviously it's unrealistic to expect to be happy all the time, but is happiness an appropriate key focus for our lives? |
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Stir-fry Theology
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We can work together to fulfil God’s purpose for us all if we think of the Church in terms of what I call ‘Stir-fry Theology’. |
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Click! and it's too late. . .
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- we often wish we could press the button, the rewind/skip back button, erase our impulsive, impetuous words and actions. |
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No longer land of the 'fair go'
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“The Uniting Church has always believed that how we treat the most vulnerable, regardless of where they’re from and how they arrive, is a measure of whether we can truly claim that we’re the land of the ‘fair go’. |
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Easter Saturday space!
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Christmas Island Detention Centre is a fascinating place to reflect about Easter! says Alistair Macrae. |
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Shameful comments condemned
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Recent comments from some of our politicians concerning the acknowledgement of the traditional owners of land has been condemned as ignorant and destructive. |
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Affair of the Sausages
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Come and join us at Pilgrim Church for sausages for breakfast in Holy Week. Why sausages? Here’s the story of the so-called Affair of the Sausages. |
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Worship at 5am !
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Would you get up at 5am for church? Some do. Covenant services were held recently, here, at Pilgrim, though not at 5am. Dr Julia Pitman tells the story. |
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We have a soft spot for toilets!
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Pilgrim kids as part of the Children's Program on Sundays helped raise funds for a toilet in Africa. |
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What I would have really liked for Christmas
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"A country where everyone has a home, decent work, access to a good education and good health care and the opportunity to live lives free from fear, prejudice and violence." |
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