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I have today distributed the following letter: Dear brothers and sisters, I am sorry to greet you in the New Year at this sad time of the tragic bushfires in Tasmania. However, I write in response to some of you … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Jonah 1:4-10 4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. … Continue reading
Report from The Revd Jill McCoy, Rector of Parish of Sorell, Richmond & Tasman on the bushfires in the Parish and information for our prayer for this parish region and throughout Tasmania and on the mainland.[‘mainland’ in Tasmanian usage refers to the … Continue reading
My morning visit to City Hall, Hobart, was a humbling experience. It gave me a small window into the wide and complex tragedy of the bushfires that is currently engulfing Tasmania. The spirit of the people sheltering from the … Continue reading
Jonah 1:3 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to … Continue reading
Today we have bushfires in a number of places in Tasmania. Please join with me in prayer. I include this Prayer in time of Bushfire (slightly edited) from the Anglican Church of Australia’s A Prayer Book for Australia. All things look … Continue reading
Jonah 1:2 2 ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’ *Read also, Jeremiah 7: 1-8 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 … Continue reading
On Yahoo! “2012: The Year In Review” from ABC: “Church anger over pokie limit dumping” Tasmania’s Anglican Church has compared the Government to a drug dealer profiting from addicts, after a parliamentary committee recommended against a $1 betting limit. The House of Assembly … Continue reading
I wrote these reflections on the Book of Jonah for the Bible Society: published last October. I thought to share them here over the month of January. As I/we read the Bible my prayer is that the Holy Spirit will … Continue reading