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Monday, 12 June 2023
| Nils von Kalm
I've learnt more from the marginalised, the stigmatised and the devalued than from any celebrity pastor. And it's been humbling.
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Thursday, 25 May 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. Recently John Kidson 'discovered' the journal of an apparent younger follower.
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Thursday, 18 May 2023
| Xiaoli Yang
if you still your heart / to hear the tales of ocean waves /
if you lay your ear on a seashell / to learn the dance on a distant shore
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Thursday, 4 May 2023
| Doug Hynd
In this book, the former CEO of Hammondcare, a disability theologian and a practical theologian of faith-work issues challenge church-related agencies to assess the faithfulness of their organisations to their mission. Could the same challenge be extended to denominations and congregations?
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Friday, 21 April 2023
| Justin Simpson
Earth Day is a chance for us to pause and ask: Have we, as Christians, internalised a utilitarian paradigm of nature, seeing it fundamentally in terms of how it serves the human economy? Has our theology somehow underpinned this? Is environmental care an ‘add on’, disconnected from our theology?
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
| Jordan Rastrick
God, give me doubt / Doubt, to pierce my too small image of you / To overcome the certainties with which I would fence you
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Friday, 7 April 2023
| Sharon Cheung
How do I balance faithful witness in the workplace with career ambitions? Akemu pushes back against theologically sound resources that are ignorant of real-world pressures. But if you are looking for a rich gospel-driven theology of work and a pastoral voice, this book will disappoint.
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Thursday, 23 March 2023
| Daniel Sih
In the digital age, love and technology are intertwined. Engaging in the online world can feel personal, individual and connected. No wonder it's hard to unplug – breaking our digital attachments is emotional. Are we really any different to the idolaters of ancient times?
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Thursday, 23 March 2023
| Nichola Chadwick
Where are you now? / Why is what you were so shattered? / Now your power diffuses, confuses and demands showy chatter / Now you are Outside, sheltered by the haze of time / cluttered by critical hallucinations / unreachable and irreproachable.
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Thursday, 2 March 2023
| Rex Dale
The autobiography of former Principal of the NSW Baptist College, George H. Morling, is a book to be read with a prayerful heart and mind - and is a reminder that, when we have an inner composure, we are enabled to do more.
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