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Euthanasia: the debate which won’t die

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:35:25 +0000

Now that the subject of euthanasia is back on the national agenda, Dianne Jensen looks at Christian perspectives on this challenging issue. We all hope for a good death. A peaceful passing surrounded by and reconciled with those we love. And in this era of personalised medicine, it seems right that we should be able ...

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Moderator’s Musing – 5 February 2018

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 05:26:47 +0000

Rev Graham Slaughter ministers in the Leichhardt Patrol across the central/western Darling Downs and he has been a tireless advocate for people whose lives have been disrupted and their health affected by the development of the coal seam gas industry. At his instigation, the Synod in Session has communicated to the state government our concerns ...

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Moderator’s Musing – 30 January 2018

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:41:50 +0000

Generously funded by the estate of the late Clem Jones, the pro-euthanasia groups have begun a campaign to change the law in Queensland. The end of life, and the way life on this earth finishes, is something that challenges our modern notion that as individuals—provided we have sufficient agency, which usually means sufficient money—we have ...

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Book review: Not for the Faint-Hearted

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 04:42:57 +0000

For many Australians former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was a love-him-or-loathe-him figure and his career as leader of the Labor Party was anything but smooth sailing with infighting and leadership challenges eventually engulfing the later years of his parliamentary career. Nick Mattiske reviews his autobiography. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the title, Not ...

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How to get involved in the upcoming Queensland State General Election

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:34:42 +0000

The Queensland State General Election will be held on 25 November so before you head to polling booths have you had a chance to consider the key issues at stake and who will best represent your values in parliament? David Weddell and Sue Hutchinson offer these suggestions and questions to get you thinking about your ...

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A gap year to remember!

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:31:23 +0000

Ready to leave high school behind but not ready to jump straight into further study or work? With one in four Australians choosing to take a gap year, Trinity College Queensland’s Activate program provides a challenging new option for Christians. Dianne Jensen reports. Trinity College Queensland Activate coordinator Simon Gomersall has developed an innovative three-days-a-week ...

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Grace in troubled times

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:24:15 +0000

In the past few weeks, I’ve had a couple of encounters that once again reminded me of the grace that surrounds us and how that grace can play out in our lives. I was reflecting with a minister on a congregation he was in that was tremendously generous in many ways. When he asked one ...

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A prayer for those impacted by Cyclone Debbie

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 01:39:41 +0000

As Cyclone Debbie approaches North Queensland, many are anxiously preparing for what is predicted to be a “monster storm” with potentially destructive rain, flooding and winds exceeding 250 km/hr. Rev Garry Hardingham, North Queensland Presbytery minister, offers words of support and a prayer for those impacted. Today we need to be in prayer for those ...

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Book review: Walking Home

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 04:23:02 +0000

Over five years ago Journey reported on a group of friends who were walking 2000 kilometres around Queensland to raise awareness about the 2000 languages into which the Bible has not been translated. Andrew Sav, one of those walkers, has since written about his experiences on that trek for his new book Walking Home. Neil ...

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Letters December 2016

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 01:18:17 +0000

More memories at the Crossroads Just to add to Rodney Boyce’s plea (“To the editor”, November 2016 edition) for a future reference to Crossroads in Journey. In January 1978 I left as minister of a country parish in Queensland (we were refugees from Bjelke) to take up the position of “Christian Education Officer” for the ...

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