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Book Review: Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:19:18 +0000

Canoe the mountains? Yep, it’s the question author Tod Bolsinger wants us to ask when we first scan the title of this vital contribution to the field of Christian leadership in a post-Christendom era. Post what? (And I’m unsure how to pronounce ‘Christendom’.) It’s okay – that’s not the significant bit. What makes Canoeing the ...

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Book Review: The Heart’s Curtain by Madeleine Onraet

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:04:00 +0000

Australians are generally not very good with struggle, suffering and grief. We rarely choose to look at these things if there is anything else that can take our attention. But they are a part of life for all of us in one season or other; we will all need to travel through them and find ...

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Images from Wesley Mission Queensland’s Emerging Leaders Program graduation

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 02:52:08 +0000

Wesley Mission Queensland celebrated with the graduates of the Emerging Leaders Program with a ceremony on Thursday, June 23. Congratulations to the graduates who demonstrated commitment, enthusiasm and openness throughout the program; their desire to become great leaders has helped the initiative succeed. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”14″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″ ngg_proofing_display=”0″]

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Images from the 36th Synod

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 18 May 2022 07:36:27 +0000

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The art of letting the spirit flow

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 01:21:10 +0000

Queensland artist Uncle Jo Stuurman talks about his work and the enduring link between art, family, culture and spirituality. My name was originally Joseph Cuttabut, I am a Noongar from Western Australia. My people were at Carrolup Mission near Katanning during the Forties. I was adopted out as so many of us were at the ...

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Book review: Little Faith and The Gospel According to Lazarus

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 05:08:55 +0000

Is faith fervour? Or a holding on in the company of doubt? Two rather different novels explore what it means to live out faith in the world. Nick Mattiske reviews. Little Faith is set in what has been called “flyover country”, that neglected part of America, midwest small towns where there is a different pace, ...

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Book review: The Lost Art of Scripture

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 03:00:52 +0000

World-renowned religious author Karen Armstrong explores the value of scripture in an increasingly secularised world and ponders whether we’ve lost our ability to engage with faith texts as spiritual tools rather than binding rules. Nick Mattiske reviews. Karen Armstrong’s epic study of the way scripture developed in the religious traditions of Europe, the Middle East ...

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The art of creating community

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:50:57 +0000

Rev Dona Spencer was born in and grew up in Atherton, far north Queensland, where colour, texture and pattern feature strongly in the local tropical/farming landscape. She is the minister at Kenmore Uniting Church, Bremer Presbytery. Which artwork do you consider to be your most significant? A piece of work which has come to be ...

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Book review: For the Life of the World: Theology that Makes a Difference

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:59:24 +0000

Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun’s latest book may challenge readers in the church to think deeply about what is theology in today’s Christian context and what role it plays in shaping future Christians but, as Nick Mattiske writes, their work is timely and urgent. For those outside the church, if they even know what theology ...

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The art of sharing faith

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:40:18 +0000

Meet Uniting Church artist Cees Sliedrecht, who was born and educated in The Netherlands. Cees moved from a career in business management and education about ten years ago to focus on the visual arts, including art tutoring Australia-wide and in Europe. In the beginning I mainly work in watercolour, using a detailed pen drawing as ...

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