Author: Contributor
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“No shipping, no shopping”
“No shipping, no shopping” By Eve Pengilley, Parish of Goodna. As I am a cradle Anglican, I have been aware of Mission To Seafarers’ (MTS) wonderful work all my life. It was while attending a key Diocesan event in the early 2000s, Synod I think, that I first met The Rev’d Bill Pearson who was…
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Collaboration as solidarity
Collaboration as solidarity By The Ven. Tiffany Sparks. When I think about collaboration as solidarity, I often think back to the moment when I found out that I was pregnant with my wonderful son, Tom. I was 15 and what I thought my life would be, changed in an instant. I was left somewhat reeling…
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Creating a grace zone
Creating a grace zone By The Rev’d Michael Stalley Intergenerational ministry recognises the worth of the multi-sided encounter between people of different generations in God’s presence, which leads all those involved to be more truly human, more like Christ. But why focus only on generational differences at the expense of ethnic, political, social or economic…
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Being in place until the door opens and the path appears
Being in place until the door opens and the path appears By The Ven. Valerie Hoare My husband Doug and I started putting intentional plans in place for our retirement at least five years before the actual predicted date, but it became ‘real’ on my 69th birthday in July last year. One of our children…
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The art of deep listening
The art of deep listening By The Rev’d Ann Shepperson I grew up in a family of six children with two older brothers, two younger brothers and a sister who was six years younger than me. I was born and raised at a time when females were often seen as less valuable and useful than…
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Facilitating a COVID-19 activity review
Facilitating a COVID-19 activity review By The Rev’d Adam Lowe COVID-19 has created substantial change and disruption to ministry activities over the past 12+ months. In response to the pandemic, individuals and communities have added, changed, and paused a vast array of activities. In fact, there’s been no shortage of pivoting! The way in which…
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Hey, can you please explain ‘TikTokers’ to me?
Hey, can you please explain ‘TikTokers’ to me? By Fiona Hammond “If a child is named and intentionally included in the life of a church community…by five adults…there is a greater chance that they will feel at home.” (John Roberto, 2014, Generations Together) “At home” is such a throwaway line. How amazing would it be…
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Resourcing churches in advocacy and justice communications
Resourcing churches in advocacy and justice communications By The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt While Cathedral Resource Church project plans were inevitably disrupted or necessarily shifted online due to COVID-19 last year, the St John’s Cathedral team was working somewhat quietly behind the scenes in the resourcing space. The fruits of these efforts have started…
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Faith Actually
By Jonathan Sargeant: What is faith, actually? In a way it’s the business of our congregations. It’s the thing that binds us together because we share fairly similar versions of…whatever it is. But faith is something we might not actually think a lot about. In common parlance, the word ‘faith’ is used in several ways…
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Hallelujah anyway!
By Bishop Jeremy Greaves: Best-selling author Anne Lamott’s 2017 book subtitled ‘Rediscovering Mercy’ struck me, most of all, because of its title. Referencing Candi Staton’s great gospel song, ‘Hallelujah anyway’ (which can be listened to on YouTube) Lamott writes, “Hallelujah that in spite of it all, there is love, there is singing, nature, laughing, mercy.”…