Disability landmark tarnished by deficit of justice

The President of the Uniting Church in Australia has responded to the 2013 Federal Budget by urging politicians and policymakers from all sides to do more for the most vulnerable people at home and abroad.

Recovering fresh images of God

Weaving these images of God through my life as a mother over quarter of a century, I begin to learn, little by little, that God loves me, and everybody, better than the best parent.

The colour purple

Perhaps the writer of the Book of Acts is setting up, through the power of imagery and the colour purple, a critique of the domination of the occupiers, and the message of the reign of God.

The fear of others has corrupted the Australian soul.

We need to work out why we’re afraid and then do something about it. Our soul depends on it.

Dorcas: a person of good deeds and mercy

'A women's sewing circle making clothes for women who they may never meet, and who come from a different cultural, social and religious background, but whose needs as human persons are the same'.

The tragedies continue

Psalm 23 offers words of critique that offer ways we might reframe the way we respond in times of terror and tragedy.

Peace as Close as Breath

The spirit of peace is as close as breath. I bet you know this to be true from your own experience. When panic rises, when fear takes over, when sadness, confusion or anger colours your whole world...if you have remembered to take a deep breath, you have experienced even for a moment the restoration of peace.

Two little prepositions - and a world of difference!

Christ’s risen life with us, and within us, invites us to be those who continue Christ’s work, and to be co-workers in his vision for the human flourishing of all people.

It's Good Friday again.....

We are invited to strip back the layers that have accumulated around this story, to move from remembering the events at a distance to pondering deeply, to move from reflecting on the surface to deep contemplation.

The 'fiesta of the faithful'

Songs put words in our mouths, knowledge in our bones, and conviction about whose voice counts. Songs shape how a community lives out its faith.

Parable of the Dysfunctional Family

Jesus tells a familiar story to enable people of profoundly different perspective to realize just how costly and how precious reconciliation is.

A World of Spiritual Diversity in One Park

Got your WOMADelaide tickets? The world music festival at our doorstep promises to expand your spirit and deepen your soul.

In times of tragedy

Sadly, after the Boxing Day tsunami in which thousands were killed there was a suggestion that it was God's punishment. After each fresh tragedy, some fool continues to suggest this belief. And that's a tragedy of its own making.

Rothko Jesus

Here is the picture we have from Luke's Gospel of the Transfiguration: Jesus, Moses and Elijah in a field the whitest luminescence. This is the Mark Rothko of gospel portrayals, a single palette of white upon white upon white until it glows.

Not the God of small things

The trouble with being a prophet rather than a sideshow magician is that you don’t aim to please.

Coming, ready or not!

It is as if she propels him into action at this point, whether he is ready or not, to respond to the human need she has observed.

Religious life practiced on the margins

To sinners and saints alike, Jesus extends God’s compassion, mercy and grace.

Curiosity as the Mother of Revelation

Perhaps you don’t get to be a wise person by knowing things, so much as by wanting to know things. Being curious. Asking questions. Following leads and signs and inklings and hunches.

Lighting Candles this Christmas

So we light candles this Christmas, and pray that they may burn all year long: light in the shadows to show us the good, light on the path to show us how to be the good. In this we celebrate Emmanuel, God-with-us. tonight, tomorrow, every day.

New Year Resolutions - hopes and dreams for 2013

God as this new year emerges, may we give birth to that which honours you. May we bring to life that which allows your goodness to shine. May we give fresh expression to your eternal world, and in the depths of our hearts may we cry: Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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