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It was GK Chesterton who said, "Throughout the ages we have spoken about having the courage to die; now we have descended into talking about having the courage to live." Over the past 20 years there have been 16 attempts to legalise euthanasia in South [...]

Intention God’s love replaces hopelessness with hope, and death with life -- and this is a beautiful promise for Australia’s First Nations people. Scripture “But Jesus needed to go through Samaria. He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground [...]

“The Earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and all they that dwell therein.” ~ Psalm 24:1 In late September 2020, Australian believers met together in Solemn Assembly, to place themselves at God’s disposal in His project of healing the land (2 [...]

Intention We should not destroy what God has created and given life to. He is Life. Scripture See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to [...]

Intention We continue to stand as one with our First Nation people to see the defeat of ancient strongholds and the healing of our land. Scripture Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole [...]

Intention The suicide crisis among our Indigenous youth is a spiritual battle that we must fight with prayer and fasting. Scripture “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” —John 10:10 “Praise [...]

May we hear what God is saying to us in this season of repentance and going forward. You have turned my mourning into dancing; You took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy. ~ Psalm 30:11 ISV He who is dwelling [...]

LEARNINGS: *Even this close to the conclusion of our National Solemn Assembly (NSA) for” the healing of the land”, there are learnings and re- learnings. St Irenaeus once reflected, in the second century, that “God will always have more to teach us and we will [...]

Having been involved in the Washington for Jesus Rally in the US in 1980, it inspired us to do something similar in Australia. As a result, we joined others in the National Gathering of 1988 in Canberra, when our PM at the time, Bob Hawke, [...]

In a year of ongoing global protests involving Black Lives Matter™, any artwork addressing racial inequality was always going to be popular. But the fact that Vincent Namatjira’s piece has won the 2020 Archibald Art Prize is ironically, a self-portrait of the systemic racism currently [...]

“Bear with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bones of peace: One Body and One Spirit.” ~ Ephesians 4 Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: [...]

As we come together to pray later this month at the National Solemn Assembly, I am not so much looking to place petitions before the Lord, but for the Holy Spirit to renew our minds, to guide our thinking for action in the current challenges. [...]

The conversation between indigenous and non-indigenous Christians is underscored by appeals for reconciliation. But nobody is telling us what reconciliation looks likes -- what exactly everybody wants as an outcome. Maybe we should be reconciled with each other in God’s way and with God’s result. [...]

Acts 17:26 tells us, “From one man He made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.” God also sets in place authorities in the land, [...]

I can still hear the sound of the prison doors clanking shut as we wheeled the last road case into Kalgoorlie Gaol. It was an eerie sound, and one we were not used to. Our family band was due to give a free concert to [...]

An aunty from northern Queensland rang me recently with great excitement. A politician from the Solomon Islands was funding research into identifying those who had been brought over to Australia historically as slaves. As I already knew, our family was part of that tragic tradition. [...]

An Indigenous academic says the Black Lives Matter protests were “ridiculous” and the “rent-a-crowds” did not care about the real issues. by Anthony Dillon ___ So much has been said this past week in response to the shocking death of a Minnesota man and the [...]

George Floyd’s cruel murder is sparking much-needed conversations about justice and racial harmony in America and beyond. The ripple effect has already reached us Down Under, with protests planned for Australian capital cities this weekend. Yesterday I spoke with a friend who has ministered among [...]

250 years ago on April 29, this monumental achievement occurred: Many folks will not know this – including plenty of Australians – but exactly 250 years ago on April 29, the British explorer James Cook landed at Botany Bay, resulting in the birth of modern [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread, And lead us not into temptation…” [...]