As I write this, ANZAC day is being celebrated in one form or another across Australia and New Zealand. The world has lived and is living through many wars, but it is the two World Wars that are in the forefront of my mind today. Quite by coincidence (or...
I’m a bit of a failure as a good Lutheran, I suspect. Unlike most others, my celebration of Easter starts on Good Friday. Not at 6 am on Easter Sunday, when we traditionally celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, but rather at around 3 pm in the afternoon at the...
Many of you will be aware of the call of Indigenous Australians towards ‘truth-telling’ as part of the process towards true reconciliation and restorative justice. Truth telling is not about allocating blame, or pointing the finger, or seeking revenge. It perhaps can...
As I write this, ANZAC day is being celebrated in one form or another across Australia and New Zealand. The world has lived and is living through many wars, but it is the two World Wars that are in the forefront of my mind today. Quite by coincidence (or...
Date: 13 March 2023 Dear Bishop Paul Smith, Assistant Bishop Neville Otto, Bishop David Altus, Bishop Lester Priebbenow, Bishop Mark Vainikka, Bishop Mark Whitfield, Bishop Peter Hage, Bishop Robert Bartholomaeus, and members of the General Church Board Pastor Tim...
When someone asks how I am feeling about the Convention of General Synod I find it hard to know where to begin in reply. So I’ve gathered some of my thoughts here … At the personal level I'm feeling unsettled; in limbo until this Synod is over. I’ve been feeling this...
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