Asking RU OK could make all the difference
Are you okay? I remember the first time a colleague asked me that question, about five years ago on RU OK day. I replied with a breezy, “Yes thanks, I’m...
To be changed forever
The transformative effect of immersion trips has been well documented. Quite simply – people are changed by the experience. Immersion is an encounter of the heart, the mind and the...
How do you make yourself heard?
Does it even matter if we have a perfect policy formulation in response to Australia’s refugee crisis if we cannot convince people of our point of view, asks Evan Ellis.
Does religion cause violence?
I suspect we don’t think about the question of religious violence enough in Australia, and when we do, I worry that our gaze is fixed on other people and other...
Wrestling with my angels in the Holy Land
Nonviolence calls me to always be reflective about my own relationships with others to ensure that I, too, am not a tool of oppression, fear or hatred. To love one’s...
Can marriage change – again?
The idea of “marriage equality” is an idea of our time and we must engage with it seriously. We do not do this by merely re-stating past positions. We engage...
A personal story of child sexual abuse in the Church
“It hasn’t been easy since I spoke to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse,” writes Gayle. “There have been tears, nightmares, and profound grief. However there has also...
I don’t want any slaves working for me
I have the power to show, through the choices I make, that everybody matters – that I don’t want any slaves working for me, says Good Samaritan Sister Sarah Puls.
Rosie Batty cannot do this work alone
It’s up to our whole community to work toward the elimination of violence against women and children, writes Christine Dew.
Am I feeling guilt or regret?
Often when we talk about “feeling guilty” the feeling we are describing is not guilt but regret, writes Good Samaritan Sister Bernardina Sontrop.
Moments of magnanimity
In Australia during the last 50 years, we have been invited on at least three occasions to respond to “moments of magnanimity”, says Garry Everett.
Attending to structures of sin and of grace
Our work for change needs to attend to structures of grace as much as structures of sin, writes Sandie Cornish.