The October referendum asks for a simple answer to a diverse, complex question.

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.

Mary said yes / In a world of no, / She turned fear / Into hope / Through faith and trust

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.

I'm just a low grade mystic / Kneeling beneath an empty sky

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.

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.

Sometimes our acts of kindness - though well-intentioned - can do more damage than good. How can we do good in a way that respects the agency and voice of the other, especially those who seem more than most to be ‘acted upon’?

Pauline Harmange tells her personal story of her own abortion together with her reflections on the social and political conditions that influence attitudes to abortion. But what of the moral arguments for and against abortion?

I've learnt more from the marginalised, the stigmatised and the devalued than from any celebrity pastor. And it's been humbling.