Oct2017
Excess baggage?
He called the twelve disciples together and sent them out two by two. He gave them authority over the evil spirits and ordered them, ‘Don’t take anything with you on the trip except a walking stick – no bread, no beggar’s bag, no money in your pockets. Wear sandals, but don’t carry a spare shirt.’… Read more
Oct2017
Talking together bears good fruit
Five centuries after the Reformation, how do the Lutheran and Catholic churches get along today? What has been achieved by working together since inter-church dialogue between the two began in Australia in the mid–1970s?
Oct2017
All God’s church together
Wearing a suit and clerical collar, I was once on my way to an appointment at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. My route took me through Hyde Park, where city workers and tourists ignored me. People sleeping rough on the park benches, however, looked up, since they received support from Christians at the cathedral and… Read more
Oct2017
What you say and what you do
‘Now what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons.’ He went to the older one and said, “Son, go and work in the vineyard today.” “I don’t want to,” he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the… Read more