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Outside the comfort zone with Val Webb

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 06:07:29 +0000

Dianne Jensen talks to Val Webb about keeping the faith in a challenging world. If Uniting Church theologian Dr Val Webb has one message for Christians, it’s that asking questions is good for your faith. “There are so many people who think there’s only one way to think theologically, and if they can’t stomach that ...

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Reflecting on women and the Uniting Church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:19:03 +0000

Journey’s recent focus on smashing the glass ceiling in the church has forced many to confront how issues of gender, equality and theology coexist in the church. Rev Dr Geraldine Wheeler reflects on her past brushes with prejudice before Queensland inducted its first female moderator in 2011. In the Journey article “Seven ways to smash ...

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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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Letters April 2015

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 04:00:40 +0000

God is like an onion I really enjoyed the last edition of Journey, especially the profile of Dr Joel Corney (“A quantum leap of faith” March 2015). I found it reassuring that a quantum physicist discussed the uncertainty that is the reality of life on planet Earth. Even though God is a certainty, there are ...

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