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Facing the fundamentals of fatherhood

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 01:08:48 +0000

Generally, in Australia anyhow, Father’s Day seems more important to automotive goods stores and Harvey Norman than anyone else. And fathers don’t seem too upset about that. A pat on the back, and a “Thanks, Dad” is enough for most; we’re mainly low-key about fathers. In a lot of television sit-coms since the 1960s they’ve ...

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Fathers on the front-line

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 03:44:53 +0000

Fatherhood is an increasingly complex vocation, and all Christian fathers have a responsibility to help their children in their Christian life, writes Graham Williamson. It never ceases to amaze me: the number of areas in which Christian life is such an obvious answer to many of the social ills that are confronting society. Never has ...

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Five things my father taught me about the church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:30:25 +0000

Fathers teach us a lot of interesting stuff about life, faith, and taking one for the team. Here are a few thoughts from the writers at Journey about what fathers teach us about the church. There’s always room for one more Fathers invoke the theological principle of hospitality each time they turn up at dinnertime ...

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Blessings of the father

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:48:28 +0000

"As church we have a fabulous opportunity for men to exercise fatherhood, modelling what it means to be a man, for all children." - Phil Smith

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