Essay: Truth, unity and solidarity – Three prerequisites to reopening America
JIM WALLIS, founder of US-based Christian social justice organisation Sojourners, looks at the three Biblical principles which need to be in place so lockdown restrictions can be ended…
OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: BORN ANEW, WHETHER JEW OR GENTILE
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at Ephesians 2:4-7…
OPEN BOOK – THE PRISONER’S LETTER: GATHERING TOGETHER “ALL THINGS IN CHRIST”
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at a passage in Ephesians in which Paul unfold’s God’s great purpose…
THIS LIFE: “A LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVEN”
ELISABETH CARTER looks at why it’s important Christians immerse themselves – from time to time – in large groups of believers…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – A FRESH READING OF SCRIPTURE
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his examination of the Epistle of St James, looks at how James calls for unity…
ESSAY: THREE LESSONS FROM A PASTOR UP CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY SHOOTING
Two 15-year-old students died and some 17 other people were injured in a school shooting in the US state of Kentucky this week. Local pastor Rev RICHIE CLENDENEN reflects on lessons he learnt in the aftermath…
Cross dedicated as “icon of Christian unity” at WCC chapel
The cross in the Ecumenical Centre chapel. PICTURE: Ivars Kupcis/WCC A cross described as an “icon of Christian unity” has been dedicated at the World Council of Churches’ chapel in Geneva, Switzerland. The two metre high cross from El Salvador has become known as the Lund Cross in a tribute to the Swedish city […]
ESSAY: WHEN AMERICANS TRIED – AND FAILED – TO REUNITE CHRISTIANITY
US academic DAVID MISLIN, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks back at a failed attempt in the US to heal divisions between Protestants and Catholics…
SIGHT-SEEING: CHURCH UNITY MATTERS – A HOUSE DIVIDED WILL NOT STAND
Brisbane pastor MATT PRATER, in a written version of a talk given as part of a QCommons event, calls for the church to be an example of what it means to be unified…
ESSAY: RECONCILIATION AMONG CHRISTIANS MIGHT BE CLOSER THAN WE THINK
As the world marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, US Catholic bishop, Rev MITCHELL T ROZANSKI, writes of the growing unity he’s witnessed among Christian denominations…