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The Afterlife: what happens next?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:26:53 +0000

It’s one of our eternal questions with no easy answers: what happens to us after we die? Although the statistics suggest many Australians believe in the afterlife, what exact form that takes is still up for debate, whether you’re a Christian or not. Rev Dr David Mackay-Rankin explores the afterlife, the Christian theology underpinning it ...

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Reflections on the Reformation and the Uniting Church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:48:26 +0000

In 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany and the rest, as they say, is history. Luther’s call for debate on the faith would lead to the Reformation which shook the very core of European thinking on religion, politics and culture. To commemorate the 500th anniversary ...

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Is this dirty word in secular society holding Christianity back?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 03:38:14 +0000

In secular society the term “evangelism” can carry negative associations with heavy-handed preaching at others but how do we boldly share the faith when it could lead to a hostile reception? Rev Shane Kammermann offers his thoughts. My answer to this “how” question is pretty simple, but also complex! I have become wary of “isms” ...

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Are we still a “uniting” church or have we already united?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:57:44 +0000

The word might be in the church’s name but “uniting” carries a profound sense that there is still work to go before a “united” destination. Should we still be uniting with other denominations? Rev Janet Staines offers her perspective. When the Uniting Church inaugurated in 1977 there were great aspirations to continue the work of ...

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Behind the Basis: where it all began

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:06:09 +0000

The Basis of Union is the foundational document that provides the Uniting Church its renewal and encouragement but how much do we really know about its origins and its evolution from the fifties to the seventies? Rev Dr D’Arcy Wood delves deep into the Basis of Union’s past. The early decades of the 20th century ...

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March 2017 Journey now available

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:44 +0000

When we use the term “youth”, to whom are we really referring? I’ve had discussions with people in the church who would consider those under 40 as “youth”, others seem to think the under 20 brigade best fits the term. For what it’s worth the United Nations defines “youth” as those persons between the ages ...

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When three became one in Christ

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 04:58:30 +0000

As the Uniting Church celebrates its fortieth anniversary Ben Rogers revisits the excitement, challenges and hope behind the historic union of Congregationalists, Methodists and Presbyterians in Australia in 1977. For younger members of the Uniting Church in Australia who have only ever known its current incarnation, the period surrounding church union in 1977 is past ...

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Mission-Ready (or not)

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 05:52:25 +0000

The Basis of Union may have been completed in the late sixties but it provides an ongoing instrument of renewal and encouragement. Rev Dr Andrew Dutney reflects on the Uniting Church in Australia’s foundational document’s past and what it offers us in the present. It’s no secret I’m a fan of the Basis of Union. But ...

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Expanded: Rev Dr Geoff Thompson and disturbing the Basis of Union

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 23:55:51 +0000

Here in Queensland to promote his new book, Disturbing Much, Disturbing Many: Theology provoked by the Basis of Union, Rev Dr Geoff Thompson sat down with Journey to delve deeper into issues of faith, society and the Uniting Church in Australia’s foundational document, the Basis of Union. Journey: If there’s one takeaway from the book, ...

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Disturbing book launch explores the Basis

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 04:37:16 +0000

Journey sits down with Rev Dr Geoff Thompson to discuss his new book on the Basis of Union and its relevancy to issues alive in the church today. A new book by Rev Dr Geoff Thompson exploring the Uniting Church in Australia’s foundational document, the Basis of Union, recently brought the former principal of Trinity ...

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