morepraxis

Melbourne  All are welcome to gather at Federation Square, and will then walk to Parliament. School students will take part. Their theme is ‘Stories untold but not forgotten’. Recognising that many older people have felt unable to speak about their removal, the Victorian Committee is encouraging these people to tell their stories, and arranging transport [...]

The decision to live simply and share what we have is recognition that we can make a difference to the massive problems of injustice and poverty in the world: by sacrificing some luxuries in our own lives, we can fill the future with hope.
Simply Sharing Week is a development education program for schools and churches [...]

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Hey guys I have the 2006 dates for the two weeks with Dave Andrews and the Waiters Union.

It is an exciting course in West End Brisbane for Christians who want an intensive introduction to Christian community with disadvantaged groups. The course involves living with some of the people from the Waiters Union in a joint household and some time in neighbouring boarding houses.

You will have the opportunity to explore: Prayer and Play, Spiritual Discipline, Corporate Reflections, Practical Service, Holistic Evangelism, Cross/Cultural Mission, Non-violent Action

This is a special budget email update. Today, please email or visit the website of one of the media outlets, or call a talkback program, and show your support for Australia doing more to achieve the Millennium Development Goals through our overseas aid budget. See ‘links to give you voice’. Politicians have repeatedly said that they will increase the aid budget if there is enough support from the Australian public.

Now’s our chance to demonstrate that support and help to create an unstoppable groundswell.

Below part of a statement released by the Aussie and NewZealand Anabaptists and some other theological thinkers (mainly from Canberra) about what it means to follow Jesus in Australia today. A notable signatory is Thorwald Lorenzen – who wrote the text ‘Resurrection and Discipleship’ and the easier to read version – ‘Ressurrection, Discipleship Justice’.

“People���s power to make choices and to refuse the logic of an inevitable future is history���s richest lesson. The refusal to accept one way forward is in many ways the greatest contribution the people of the past made to our own lives. They took up some of the possibilities embedded in the world as they found it, and so can we…”

How can a faithful nation get Jesus so wrong? What it means to be Christian in America today. By Bill McKibben.
It is said that only 40 per cent of Americans can name more than four of the Ten Commandments and a scant half can cite any of the four authors of the Gospels. Twelve per [...]