The previous 3 articles fuel my prayers for our three tiers of government: municipal, state and federal. The Anglican Church in Tasmania has a monthly Diocesan Prayer Diary. Each day it includes prayer for different tiers and members of government. Today (day 4), we included … Continue reading
‘Campaigning to Christians’ is a Eureka Street article which considers the effective participation of Christian groups in federal elections. There are two questions for individual churches and agencies. The first is how to intervene in the forthcoming election, if at all. The … Continue reading
Today on my prayer pilgrimage I have been catching up on my reading and I note three reflections from a longer article by Tim Costello on Kevin Rudd’s Prime Ministership: Who is leading who? – leaders or opinion polling? The polls delivered … Continue reading
Associate Professor Stuart Piggin (Macquarie University) has been so kind as to allow me to post to our website the notes from his public lecture, William Wilberforce, the Clapham Cabinet, and ‘Liberating the Captives’ in Australia, given on 26 March … Continue reading
Today on my Prayer Pilgrimage I drove past Quamby Bluff (see photo above) and I recalled an episode in Bishop Montgomery’ s ministry conducted there. This, in turn, reminded me of two fine addresses given at launches of the outstanding biography of he and … Continue reading