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Film review: Jack of the Red Hearts

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:47:40 +0000

A surprising number of films depict characters on the autism spectrum but few accurately illustrate how the neurodevelopmental disorder impacts family like Jack of the Red Hearts (2015). From the classic Rain Man (1988) to the recent The Story of Luke (2012), many filmmakers have grappled with autism as a central plot device but few ...

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Breaking the silence

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:00:53 +0000

Sometimes it takes an outsider to notice something everyone else doesn’t want to see. It’s one of the curiosities of human behaviour; different people, given the same information, in the same context, will interpret that information completely differently. Setting aside one’s preconceptions and reporting a story with fairness and accuracy is the core challenge of ...

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What is the Christian response to trauma?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:00:10 +0000

Rebecca, an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church and a seminary president and Rita, a theologian and researcher, explore through their own individual experiences, deep and difficult theological perspectives and teachings of Western Christianity in relation to issues of family violence, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, racism, addiction, homophobia and post-traumatic disorders. The detailed ...

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Finding your own theological voice

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 05:00:51 +0000

Testing Tradition and Liberating Theology is a little Aussie gem from our own pre-eminent lay theologian Dr Val Webb. Webb’s goal in this book is to unlock theological process from the rarefied academic world of the seminary and encourage everyone to do their own theological thinking, “rather than continually accepting the often dumbed-down scraps from ...

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