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Monday, 20 February 2023
| Christine Sine
The way we name things matters. How many creatures no longer register on our consciousness because we have no name for them or else have given them a name with negative connotations?
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Thursday, 16 February 2023
| Matthew Tan
Jesus is not just the Good Shepherd, but the Beautiful Shepherd that lays down his life for us. This beauty stuns, captivates and leaves us in ecstasy - an ecstacy that draws us out of ourselves to pierce through and illuminate our culture’s many lovely oblivions.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2023
| Mersina Papantoniou
From practical multiculturalism in parish ministry to groundbreaking policymaking at the state and Federal levels,
Jim Houston’s lifelong work brought together 'secular social policy and sacred ministry’, charting a way forward for both nation and church.
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Thursday, 19 January 2023
| Jesse Mawson
I peer into his eyes / let him not just slip by / look beneath the mask / listen for the true reply
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Friday, 6 January 2023
| Karina Kreminski
We ache for epiphanies today. Something that will reveal to us what we all deep down suspect - that there is more. This doesn’t mean the removal of darkness, pain and reality before us, but a glimpse of what one day could be.
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Wednesday, 4 January 2023
| Susan Barnes
Mala’s autobiography is a fascinating insight into a young girl’s determination, ingenuity and compassion for others during severe trials. The story gives us reason to consider afresh the mercy and graciousness of our God.
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Monday, 19 December 2022
| Claire Harvey
It’s easy to forget that Baby Jesus was small, weak, vulnerable and entirely dependent on his mother. If we miss this in the rush of Christmas, and in our evangelical zeal to get quickly to the Cross and Resurrection, we miss one of the most amazing miracles and wonders of the Christian faith: the incarnation.
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Saturday, 3 December 2022
| Caitlin Buchanan
Upon a hill, a stable stood,
Filled with animals, hay, a manger, and wood.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2022
| Nils von Kalm
Our views about God - and politics - go right to the very heart of who we are. So, in these times of polarisation, how can Christians be unified, as Jesus prayed for, and proclaim the best news the world has ever been presented with?
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Tuesday, 4 October 2022
| Bruce Wearne
When the Lord answers our daily prayer for 'this day's bread', are we going to pray this prayer for those who do not have enough to eat and those who have to eat from rewards gained under oppression?
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