Sermons
A sermon for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This year, we begin this focus month for awareness and advocacy about Domestic and Family Violence having just celebrated Easter Day and all the joy of new beginnings and resurrection. Indeed, we continue now in the season of Easter, and we may well
News
Archbishop Geoff will lay up the Pastoral Staff on November 1 with the Board of Electors expected to meet this July to choose his successor.
Liturgical
I believe in Easter, in the delight of Spring after the dark, merry blossoms on once barren branches, the beauty and exuberance of nature spreading her resplendent colours. My heart is glad, and is in God. I believe in gladness, in smiles, welcome, and warm embrace, in sharing, laughing, and
Articles
A letter from Archbishop Jeremy Greaves at the beginning of Holy Week. As I sit to write as we begin Holy Week, things seem pretty tough for lots of people. Perhaps you have your own particular things that are weighing heavily on your heart or mind. For me, it’s
News
Chair of NCAN Bishop Stephen Pickard has written: There are articles and information on the website (https://www.ncan.au/) that introduce readers to NCAN, its origins and purpose. I don’t wish to repeat that. What I do want to address is the relevance of NCAN at this period
Podcast
While we may struggle to agree on the answers to life's biggest questions, we are all united in asking them. It is this shared questioning that binds us as humans, with each of us carrying a deep ache for something greater, something sacred and something real. Drawing on
Liturgical
"The Anstey Psalter is to be a contemporary liturgical translation of the entire book of Psalms, for public worship and private devotion for Australian Anglicans, combining the latest scholarship with close attention to poetics and musicality."
Articles
By The Ven. Dr C. Lucy Morris It was a packed conference, filled with women and men from across Australia and overseas. The discussion in this session concerned the impact of patriarchy reaching into all aspects of our culture, with its recognisably deep roots in the ancient Roman culture and
Liturgical
We are grieving the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Three years of horror, trauma, killing, war crimes, destruction, genocide, child kidnapping, and corrupt, leadership and gross misinformation and propaganda. To paraphrase Oleksandr Mykhed, this is a prayer ‘about things one can never forget. Or forgive.’ (2024:
Articles
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse and gendered violence. This is a story of shame being turned into hope. It is the story of the courage of Gisele Pelicot, which is forever etched into my imagination, as this diminutive 72 year old grandmother faces into the horror
Liturgical
I believe in Christmas. I believe in Christmas, in Santa, sleighs, chimneys, and trees, in candles, cake, and presents to please, in children, snowflakes, and make-believe. For beliefs are things we make. I believe in making good, building, fixing, and restoring good, baking, sharing, and eating goodness, with others,
Podcast
What cost do we pay when we remain living in self-regarding reactivity? What do we do when we find ourselves stuck, trapped by the illusory pictures we have of ourselves and unable to be a channel of life for others? Former Archbishop of Canterbury and author of many books,