New Times - Faith
Reflection of the Week - 17 June 2025
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
Reflection of the Week - 10 June 2025
It’s unfortunate that we lost the bread and fish ritual meal, because the bread and wine ritual meal didn’t emphasize this idea of surplus: real food that actually fed the poor.
Reflection of the Week - 3 June 2025
No matter the religion or denomination in which we are raised, our spirituality still comes through the first filter of our own life experience. We must begin to be honest about this instead of pretending that any of us are formed exclusively by scriptures or our churches or religious traditions. There is no such thing as an entirely unbiased position. The best we can do is own and be honest about our own filters. God allows and invites us to trust our own experience.
Reflection of the Week - 27 May 2025
No matter the religion or denomination in which we are raised, our spirituality still comes through the first filter of our own life experience. We must begin to be honest about this instead of pretending that any of us are formed exclusively by scriptures or our churches or religious traditions. There is no such thing as an entirely unbiased position. The best we can do is own and be honest about our own filters. God allows and invites us to trust our own experience.
Resthaven celebrates 90th anniversary with ‘Service of Thanksgiving’
In celebration of Resthaven’s 90th anniversary, and coinciding with South Australia’s History Festival (1-31 May), Resthaven has today, 7 May 2025, launched its new ‘living history’ website: Resthaven: A History of Caring.
Reflection of the Week - 20 May 2025
No matter the religion or denomination in which we are raised, our spirituality still comes through the first filter of our own life experience. We must begin to be honest about this instead of pretending that any of us are formed exclusively by scriptures or our churches or religious traditions. There is no such thing as an entirely unbiased position. The best we can do is own and be honest about our own filters. God allows and invites us to trust our own experience.
Resthaven launches ‘living history’ website documenting 90+ years
In celebration of Resthaven’s 90th anniversary, and coinciding with South Australia’s History Festival (1-31 May), Resthaven has today, 7 May 2025, launched its new ‘living history’ website: Resthaven: A History of Caring.
Reflection of the Week - 13 May 2025
I am just like you. My immediate response to most situations is with reactions of attachment, defensiveness, judgment, control, and analysis. I am better at calculating than contemplating. Let’s admit that most of us start there. The false self seems to have the “first gaze” at almost everything.
Reflection of the Week - 6 May 2025
Inaction sometimes is the greatest action we can take. Stillness is sometimes the most important move we can make.
Reflection of the Week - 29 April 2025
Are we working with the poor or choosing to be in solidarity with them? Are we squandering our time or seizing time as a constant opportunity to discover more about ourselves, our neighbours, and our God?
Reflection of the Week - 22 April 2025
When you touch the hand of a returning friend, you already know that he will have to leave you again. When you are moved by the quiet vastness of a sun-colored ocean, you miss the friend who cannot see the same.
Reflection of the Week - 15 April 2025
When you touch the hand of a returning friend, you already know that he will have to leave you again. When you are moved by the quiet vastness of a sun-colored ocean, you miss the friend who cannot see the same.
Bacon and egg rolls bring joy in the bush!
When you’re running a community event in the outback, it can be a challenge to juggle all of the tasks.
Reflection of the Week - 8th April 2025
Acceptance of God’s will does not mean submission or resignation to “whatever will be will be.”
Reflection of the Week - 1st April 2025
‘And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.’
Reflection of the Week - 25th March 2025
Jesus says, ‘Think about the Kingdom first and all the other things you are so worried about will fall into place. Why are you so worried? Why are you so preoccupied? Why are you so afraid?
Reflection of the Week - 18th March 2025
We must develop a global spirituality in which the demands of the Gospel guide not only the behavior of individuals but of nations as well
Standing Together: The Impact of Community Support Through Bush Chaplaincy
Bush Chaplain Noel exemplifies the spirit of compassion and support that Frontier Services provides through its dedicated network of Bush Chaplains and Outback Links volunteers.
Reflection of the Week - 11th March 2025
For us the future is often a source of anxiety and fear. We have all kinds of questions: What if my children get sick, I lose my job, my wife or husband leaves me, or a war breaks out?