Reflection of the Week - 3rd October 2023
How can we live in the midst of a world marked by fear, hatred, and violence, and not be destroyed by it?
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How can we live in the midst of a world marked by fear, hatred, and violence, and not be destroyed by it?
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Many of us have experiences of having God intervene in our lives to bring positive change, healing, protection, encouragement or even rescue.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Understanding our Australian Constitution is important for the 14th October Referendum. Australia has always been divided on the basis of race. The Australian Government has the power to make laws on the basis of race; and has done so since 1901.
To befriend death, we must claim that we are children of God, sisters and brothers of all people, and parents of generations yet to come.
From whom do you need forgiveness? What have you done? Have you hurt someone you love? Does the guilt or shame gnaw at you? Have you caused pain and anguish? Are you trapped in the wreckage of your actions with no visible means of escape?
The photograph accompanying this article is in Bethlehem and is a section of the Security/Separation wall which surrounds the Occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
But how will the Voice work? And what difference might a permanent Voice into the core of Government make?
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Is your head spinning over the battle that has erupted since the Referendum date announcement? Mine is!
The older we become, the more we realise how limited we are in our ability to love, how impure our hearts are, and how complex our motivations are.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Looking back: Looking forward. Self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has an element of looking back and addressing past injustices, dispossession and alienation. The call for truth telling in the Uluru Statement from the Heart is the chance to heal past hurts.
I love the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Somehow the things I worry about feel smaller when I’m wandering in nature.
This week's news, notices & prayer points from congregations, the SA Synod, and the wider Uniting Church.
Are we lacking a daily prayer life or have we elderly relatives in nursing homes whom we never visit? Try and figure out what more we can do to gain eternal life and then put together a plan to do it.
In many of Jesus’ stories, he uses excellent illustrations to point out who and how we are called to be God’s people.
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