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Monday, 23 October 2023
| Charles Ringma
Australian Indigenous writers have important things to say not only to their own communities but also to us as Settlers. The message of this book is simple: it is time we started listening.
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Sunday, 15 October 2023
| Claire Harvey
Mike Frost presents a high-level survey of some key moments and movements in mission history, with insightful reflections and critical analysis along the way. The intention throughout seems clear: to challenge and inspire a new wave of missionary engagement that is broad, deep, relevant and impactful.
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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
| Raymond Minniecon
The Statement from the Heart inspires us all to reach forward into an unfamiliar yet preferred future for my people and my country, beyond the contemporary crises and traumatic predicaments, to clutch the hand of a new dream.
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Sunday, 8 October 2023
| John Kidson
The October referendum asks for a simple answer to a diverse, complex question.
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Monday, 28 August 2023
| Roslyn White
The combination of the beautifully presented text, the illustrations and the endnotes makes The Book of Psalms Illuminated artistically engaging, theologically informative and meditatively devotional. Hold this book with care and with reverence.
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Sunday, 20 August 2023
| Glenn Loughrey
Mary said yes / In a world of no, / She turned fear / Into hope / Through faith and trust
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Wednesday, 26 July 2023
| Mark Coleridge
Listening to God, experiencing God, leads to a new way of seeing the world – a new vision that genuinely pays attention as only the contemplative can. Central to this is the need to listen to and learn from the voices of the poor.
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Tuesday, 25 July 2023
| Jordan Rastrick
I'm just a low grade mystic / Kneeling beneath an empty sky
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Wednesday, 12 July 2023
| John Kidson
Most Christian believers acknowledge Pentecost Sunday as the Church's birthday. Luke's treatise, the Acts of the Apostles, records the 'birth' and early experiences. In a previous issue John Kidson shared part of his 'discovered' journal of an apparent younger follower. The 'discovery' continues.
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Tuesday, 27 June 2023
| Religion and Social Policy Network
RASP is humbled by the audacious generosity extended to the non-Indigenous Australian people through the forgiveness and renewed co-existence offered to us through the Statement. We commit our research to both listening and speaking truth.
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