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With more people staying at home there has been a renewed focus on activities people can enjoy in the comfort of their house such as cooking, watching movies, playing video games, gardening and jigsaw puzzles. But although we certainly live in the Netflix age, there’s nothing quite like sitting down with a good book and so Nick Mattiske has some ...

Rev Len Bray passed away last Friday (8 May 2020) after a long period of illness.   His life and ministry were characterised by a deep dedication to his own formation and development, the formation of Christian disciples, and the development of congregational life, particularly in areas of population growth.   He comes out of that time when young people—teenagers—were encouraged ...

As part of domestic and family violence prevention month, Karen Prestidge describes the silent impact of coronavirus. For three months the nation has been captured by a set of statistics which have given us every indication of how well we have been addressing COVID-19. These are the daily numbers that tell us our “current status”, including not only confirmed cases ...

Queensland Synod Moderator Rev David Baker and Queensland Synod Associate General Secretary Rev John Ruhle provide these prayers for Mother’s Day.  Loving God, thank you for our mothers. For the mothers who gave birth to us; for the women who treated us as their own. In that Love is always a mixture of joy and pain, we remember with deep thanksgiving the nurture, comfort ...

In 2019 Trinity College Queensland welcomed submissions for The Religious Faith and Belief Award which was designed to encourage interaction with religious faith, culture, current affairs and how these relate to contemporary Australian society. The award-winning essay was written by  Matthew Ventura on the Broadway production Come From Away. September 11, 2001. I was only six-years-old at the time and ...

While text message and email have become the ubiquitous method of choice for communicating, St David’s Neighbourhood Centre has turned to pen and paper as a fresh way of keeping young and old connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Karen Shapcott—St David’s Neighbourhood Centre Community Connections Coordinator—writes. St David’s Uniting Church and St David’s Neighbourhood Centre were hosting intergenerational programs long ...

While most reading this review might be reasonably confident in stating they understand Jesus based on the New Testament writings, James Dunn’s recent book Jesus according to the New Testament attempts to enrich that understanding with scholarly focus on the heart of the gospel, the Lord Jesus. Nick Mattiske reviews. James Dunn’s recent small book sets out what the New ...

As we approach ANZAC Day, Rev John Dansie—1st Battalion Chaplain, the Royal Australian Regiment—reflects on the history of chaplains in the Australian Defence Force and their crucial role supporting today’s members of Defence.  This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. My grandfather, a Methodist minister, found himself in New Guinea as chaplain to an ...

There’s a bit of concern in some parts of the church about how we are going to get out of this, and will we still be the same. Some are concerned about having access to financial resources to sustain us over this time, some about how we are making the most of this time in terms of our worship, witness ...

With over 100 years in existence the Haigslea Uniting Church was all set to close its doors in late March with a service of dissolution but the COVID-19 pandemic changed all those plans. Despite pandemic-related restrictions, the church still took steps to thank those in the church community with a farewell video. James O’Callaghan reports. After 109 years, the Haigslea ...