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Sunday, 21 November 2021
| Charles Ringma
Why does God seem so elusive, hidden, unknowable?
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Thursday, 30 September 2021
| Elijah Kruiskamp
Never once does he feel fear. Never once does he doubt his father is beside him, ready to help once more.
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Wednesday, 29 September 2021
| Ilsa Hampton
We cannot address the systemic issues in aged care without learning to celebrate ageing, value older people and recognise that relationships are central to flourishing as we age.
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
| Karina Kreminski
The people in our community who are not famous, attractive, well-connected or ‘useful’ in our pragmatic, cold and calculating economy are a gift to us. They bring grace when we least expect it but often when we most need it.
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Friday, 24 September 2021
| Paul Tyson
Can AUKUS and an Australian fleet of nuclear subs give us the 'Peace and safety' we hope for?
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Friday, 27 August 2021
| Don Thompson
‘Financial Follies’ highlighted a fundamental problem, but like the Royal Commission can only provide signposts not solutions. Can our churches cooperate effectively to present and model a convincing challenge?
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Thursday, 26 August 2021
| John Kidson
More than ever, we need grace and truth to get through all of this.
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Monday, 23 August 2021
| Gordon Preece
Endnotes for article published in Zadok Perspectives 151: Differing over Difference: Sexuality & Gender Tensions (Winter 2021), 14-16
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Monday, 23 August 2021
| John Kleinig
Endnotes for article published in Zadok Perspectives 151: Differing over Difference: Sexuality & Gender Tensions (Winter 2021), 17-22.
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Friday, 20 August 2021
| Ian Hore-Lacy
John Dickson's book provides a timely reminder of the Christian legacy over two millennia - both the good and the ugly - and a call to affirm the ‘melody lines’ of Christian values in social and political life today.
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