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· by Dr Janice McRandal

The Bread of Liberation

Dr Janice McRandal explains that Jesus makes no distinction between our physical or spiritual hunger. He satisfies all our needs. The invitation extends to us today: come and be satisfied!

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Our Island Home

Bianca Manning invites you to consider the consequences of Australia’s failure to listen to and learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about caring for country, and how we can do better and be led by the original custodians of these lands now called Australia.

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National Close the Gap Day

Today is National Close the Gap Day. The lack of Closing the Gap is an ongoing injustice. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to die too young and too often from this injustice, and through these gaps we realise the inequality in these lands now called Australia.

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Mercy Is God's Justice

Kay Goldsworthy reflects on her own experience of receiving God's forgiveness and mercy, and through that gift, learning what it means for us to show the same as part of Common Grace's Jesus and Justice Lent Devotional Series.

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Forgiveness Opens the Way

It is when we are caught up in the spirit of forgiveness that justice can flow. Graham and Grant Paulson share that because God first forgives us, we can forgive others as part of Common Grace's Jesus and Justice Lent Devotional Series.

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Boundless Plains to Pillage

As we consider Australia's Earth Overshoot Day, Dr Mick Pope asks us to ponder if the world in which we live is as boundless as we think?

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Earth Overshoot Day and Me

Jane Kelly reflects on what Earth Overshoot Day might have meant in her life if she actually factored the consequences of living beyond our limits.

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Want more info on Earth Overshoot Day?

Global Footprint Network, an international research organisation that provides decision-makers with a menu of tools to help the human economy operate within Earth’s ecological limits organises Earth Overshoot Day each year.

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Fresh Eyes

To act justly requires that we see things with fresh eyes – a new perspective. Hear Brooke Prentis as part of Common Grace's Jesus and Justice Lent Devotional Series.

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The Power of Vulnerability

Charlene Delos Santos declares “It was a shock to have their leader get down on his knees to serve them this way” as part of Common Grace's Jesus and Justice Lent Devotional Series.

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Commissioned to Love

Rev Dr Mike Frost declares “Any declaration of a love for Jesus cannot be separated from a love of neighbour” as part of Common Grace's Jesus and Justice Lent Devotional Series.