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Doing Our Bit

Doing Our Bit

There are specific annual celebrations such as ANZAC, Australia Day and the Queen’s Birthday, Clean-up Australia Day - where national reflection is associated with “doing our bit”..

  • My Tangled Fear and Faith

    Hope and faith. Trust and faith. Love and faith. Some common terms I hear in the Christian world.  Goes together, hand in hand. But what I tend to experience more is fear and faith. 

  • Do We Play Favourites?

    Church on Sundays can kind of feel the same. Although I was born in Australia, my family and I attended a Sri Lankan Tamil Church for many years. The congregation was pretty much the same people week in and week out.

  • Rocks Crying Out! - Archaeology

    When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey he faced an interesting exchange with the religious Pharisees. Crowds gathered to adore and honour Jesus. The Pharisees were deeply offended. They rebuked him and suggested he should not be received and honoured with such adoration and dignity.

  • Secular Concern Now with Porn

    A News.com report that the mass consumption of pornography is now a 'public health crisis' and this view is gaining considerable support.

  • The Financial Trade-off We Make

    At each stage of life, we have different goals and pleasures that capture our attention. When we were children, it was probably that toy we really wanted to have (or ice cream!). As we grow older, we might start wanting a new car or house or latest technological gadget.

  • How I Changed My Mind About Yoga

    When I first started seeing yoga classes advertised in churches, I lamented, “Oh how blasphemous and lost is the modern church”. My opinion was, that for a minister or congregation to allow that evil practice through their doors they must be backslidden indeed.

  • Let Go, Let God

    From the outside looking in it can often seem as if a Christian life lived according to God’s commands is a restrictive life.

  • Christians and Political Affiliations 

    With the church and state separated, there is a stigma regarding how involved Christians should be in politics.

  • A tribute to Aboriginal Pastor Ron Williams (1940 – 2003)

    Ronnie Williams was an Aboriginal pastor and elder with a passion for mentoring young men. He was widely regarded as a father in the faith and a leader in reconciliation. Among the Aboriginal people he was known as “Kurta kurta” – everybody’s brother.

  • I Could’ve Kicked Myself!

    Have you ever heard the phrase, “I could’ve kicked myself!”? It’s a funny phrase, especially to visual people who can imagine what that would look like. It’s usually used when one regrets something they’ve done e.g. “I could’ve kicked myself for not getting that when it was on special!” or “I could’ve kicked myself for saying that!”

  • Hope Trumps Hate

    Auburn’s “Together 4 Hope” march in multicultural Western Sydney attracted a crowd of over a hundred locals coming together across diverse religious lines in support of mental health. The Suicide Prevention Campaign organised by the Auburn Salvation Army and State Member for Auburn, Luke Foley has become an annual event in the Cumberland local government area.