Reclaiming our empty palaces

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:00:02 +0000

The problems facing the Uniting Church are common to many denominations around the world, and there is much we can learn from how they are responding, writes Rev Orrell Battersby. At the 31st Synod we received some sobering statistics—attendance in the Uniting Church across Australia is in sharp decline. The prediction: continued decline. The problem: ...

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In search of the great silence: Rediscovering Christian meditation

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:05:54 +0000

The ancient practice of Christian meditation is experiencing a revival, and Uniting Church members are among those rediscovering the value of silence. Dianne Jensen reports. When the street noise and the background chatter finally fade into nothingness, there is silence. And in this place of deep stillness, all subterfuge cast off, we may find that ...

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Reclaiming our empty palaces

In search of the great silence: Rediscovering Christian meditation