Easter Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/easter/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:17:51 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png Easter Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/easter/ 32 32 Easter Madness? More like Easter Radness https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/easter-madness-more-like-easter-radness/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/easter-madness-more-like-easter-radness/#respond Mon, 21 May 2018 01:18:12 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=24474 There’s nothing quite like throwing a bunch of high school students into an action-packed weekend of worship, adventure and fun! Easter Madness 2018 brought together over 150 high schoolers, leaders and helpers from across Queensland to grow in faith, friendship and community. Emma Holmes reports. It’s hard not to just say “you had to be ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/easter-madness-more-like-easter-radness/feed/ 0 Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/friday-religion-wrap-2march/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/friday-religion-wrap-2march/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:16:39 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23996 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.    Here lies America’s Pastor USA Today report that congressional leaders joined President Trump in praising Billy Graham as America’s pastor during a private ceremony at the U.S. Capital earlier in the week. The president called Graham “an ambassador for Christ,” who changed America and the ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/friday-religion-wrap-2march/feed/ 0 Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-23-february/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-23-february/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:19:51 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23964 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.      Easter eggs-iled from chocolate? News.com.au reports on chocolate maker Cadbury’s denials that it removed the word “Easter” from their chocolate eggs. Following Footy Show presenter Erin Molan publicly questioning why her chocolate eggs didn’t have the word “Easter” on the packaging, Cadbury released an official ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-23-february/feed/ 0 Resurrecting peace in a world of violence https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/resurrecting-peace-world-violence/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/resurrecting-peace-world-violence/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 03:11:46 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23922 As the seasons of the church’s year bring us around again to Easter, we are given a renewed opportunity to again enter into what for the Christian faith is the heart of the whole Judeo–Christian tradition. Pared to what could be described as observable, we have a Jewish rabbi who wants renewal of the faith ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/resurrecting-peace-world-violence/feed/ 0 The BIG ACT you MUST do this Easter to really embody Jesus https://journeyonline.com.au/features/big-act-must-easter-really-embody-jesus/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/big-act-must-easter-really-embody-jesus/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:48:28 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23896 At the heart of the Easter narrative is a miraculous tale of life after death, of sacrifice and renewal, but how can we practise this concept of resurrection in today’s world? Dr John Frederick—Trinity College Queensland’s New Testament Lecturer—reflects on Jesus’ miracle and how Uniting Church members can embody resurrection in their own faith communities. ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/features/big-act-must-easter-really-embody-jesus/feed/ 0 Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-16-february/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-16-february/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:34:08 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23865 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.      Mike gets Pence-ive about faith CBN News reports US Vice President Mike Pence‘s comments in response to claims by popular television show The View that his hearing Jesus Christ was akin to mental illness. The View co-host Joy Behar remarked, “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus. ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-16-february/feed/ 0 True faith on display at Easter Madness https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/true-faith-display-easter-madness/ https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/true-faith-display-easter-madness/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2017 01:33:10 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22557 What do you get when you add over 170 energy-filled young people with games, worship and minimal sleep? The answer is Easter Madness 2017. Ben Tupou reports. A week before Easter, young people from across the state gathered at the Sunshine Coast Recreational Centre to worship, express their creativity, and learn more about God and ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/queensland-synod-news/true-faith-display-easter-madness/feed/ 0 (Good) Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-april/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-april/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2017 05:51:53 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22504 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  Palms wave in glee as Jesus visits the Quay Insights covers a special appearance of Jesus (well, an actor playing him) at Circular Quay to commemorate Palm Sunday. Wesley Mission congregation members, supporters, volunteers and staff gathered in the iconic Sydney district to wave palm fronts and ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-14-april/feed/ 0 Friday’s religion wrap https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-7-april/ https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-7-april/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:52:53 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22497 The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week.  Islam on the rise as Christians downsize Daily Mail Australia reports on a latest Pew Research Center report which finds Islam could overtake Christianity as the world’s largest religion by the end of the century. The Muslim population rose to 1.8 billion by 2015 with a rise ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/scoop/fridays-religion-wrap-7-april/feed/ 0 Reconnecting with stories that matter https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/reconnecting-stories-matter/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/reconnecting-stories-matter/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:13:16 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=22460 Phil Day’s cartoon above highlights the juxtaposition the church in many parts of the west is finding itself in relation to the broader western society. I recently noticed one hotel in Brisbane advertising a family-friendly Easter, with Easter egg hunts, special menus, the whole nine yards. While there are powerful commercial and ideological interests at ...

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