“Grace” is a familiar word to Christians. Anglican liturgies are redolent with it. The grace prayer – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore”, from the concluding verse of St Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians – is in common use in many Christian circles.
Hear the term “evolution” and there is a good chance you will think of Charles Darwin, who in the 19th century proposed the now widely accepted claim that all biological life evolved from a single common ancestor.
On Anzac Day we remember the endurance, courage and never give up attitude of our troops. The attitude that saw so many of our troops killed and that kept them in the atrocious conditions of Gallipoli, and in the trenches on the western front or on the Kokoda track, in the siege of Tobruk, in the jungles of Vietnam or in the harshness of Afghanistan. We remember their sacrifice.
The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo will publish a new handbook to encourage churches to better engage with LGBTQIA+ people
You might have heard the economic advice, “Look after the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” The idea behind this adage is that if you learn to be careful with the small financial decisions, you will naturally be careful with the big financial decisions. I believe that it is similar with faithfulness.
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