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Connections Somerset Tasmania Imagine Project, Leader-Will Briggs.
Heartz Southern Tasmania Imagine Project, Leader-Meredith Campbell. Further recent info here. Synod 2009 report here.
Some general info about our strategic ministry partner, Bush Church Aid and here.
The Imagine Project’s aim is to inspire and build in order to grow church and kingdom capacity in Tasmania:
In my heart, I decided [...]

A captivating and challenging video link with thanks to Robert Stanley [Wed 29.sep.09].

Thinking about the value of children’s ministry in your church? In this 5 minute video from Max7, we are challenged to ‘Aim lower, think smaller, give up, and go have a cup of coffee’… really! Have a look at the ‘world congress on how [...]

A bishop is a Prime Minister – Monarch – Speaker – Scapegoat.
A bishop is more than a presbyter: the shepherd’s crook, pastoral staff, which is given to the bishop at the consecration service speaks of the bishop’s role of nourishment and cautioning. 
And what of a bishop’s rootlessness,  isolation and digestion!?
The above diverse aspects of episcopal leadership in the Anglican [...]

A Proper Wedding by Amanda Lohrey in the Monthly August Edition 2009 commences,
In February of this year I watched the telecast of the Victorian bushfire memorial service, a unique piece of improvised public ritual that was very much of its time.  . . . .
I could not remember another time when a newsreader had been elevated above [...]

When I visited Launceston Church Grammar School this week for my annual “Bishop’s Day” I was asked questions by the Year 6 students and also by a Year 12 Religion and Philosophy class.
These opportunities were stimulating, challenging, enjoyable and encouraging. See how you would have gone:
Year 6 questions
First, there were questions on being a Bishop…
Where [...]

I feel like I own some of our Tasmanian highways as I have been spending a lot of time recently traveling around our rain soaked State. The following episcopal note caught my attention. I am obviously not the only Bishop of Tasmania to have felt the multiple demands on leadership, the need to prioritize those [...]

This fourth review of Australia’s contribution to Goal 8 of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by Make Poverty History and Micah Challenge has two major conclusions:

Australia’s contribution to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) has improved greatly since the last assessment in 2007.
There are many additional things that Australia can and should do to help [...]

The Break O’Day team have added a 4th ‘B’ to their regular ‘Beer, Beef and Bibles’ get together at St Paul’s Parish Hall, St Helens. Yes, ‘Bishop’ is the 4th one! See you there Saturday. Here’s their regular invitation card. A creative bunch at Break O’Day

Frequently the euthanasia debate is set up in terms of the religious (anti) and non-religious (pro). The following article sets out 7 common pro-euthanasia arguments and then gives ‘non-religious’ replies to them. It also reviews the ethical arguments and the empirical evidence from the Netherlands and Oregon. A very stimulating read.
[The media’s] coverage [...]

Ramadan is a time of prayer and fasting in the Muslim community and it is not uncommon for Christians to pray for the Muslim community during Ramadan.
Brian McLaren, a Christian, is praying and fasting during the current Ramadan. This is good. Christians are to fast and pray, Matthew 6:17. I am, however, concerned that he may have fallen [...]