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Graeme Anderson, Amy Watkins and Josh Dowton from Northside Baptist write together to reorient our approach to forgiveness.
In an anxious and uncertain world, where God’s promises may not seem evident, Rev Megan Powell du Toit considers how true longing always spills into action.
An anonymous survivor of intimate partner violence shares her story of both harm, and healing, in the church.
Jeri Jones Sparks raises the question: what have we misunderstood about gender-based violence?
Dr Shane Clifton takes a sobering look at recent natural crises, and like the prophet Isaiah, longs for green shoots of new life to come from what seems dead and hopeless.
Ray Bull asks: how does the church reassess the assumptions we make in responding to Domestic and Family Violence?
Rev Katherine Rainger reflects on the ancient and contemporary desire for peace.
Geoff Broughton reflects on how a church might respond to domestic and family violence through a restorative justice lens, as we ask ‘how did this happen in our midst?’
Aboriginal Christian Leader Sono Leone reflects on the intergenerational trauma and systemic racist structures facing Aboriginal women as part of the challenge of domestic and family violence in Australia today.
Tamie Davis reflects on the Image of God, suggesting that to abuse God’s images is to insult the Creator.
Emma Pitman reflects on the unjust structure of the Jericho road for our 16 days of prayer against Domestic & Family Violence - Foundations for Christian Action.
As we turn to look at violence, Brooke Prentis draws our attention to the patterns of violence embedded in Australia’s history.
Erica Hamence opens our series of 16 days of prayer against Domestic & Family Violence - Foundations for Christian Action by reminding us that we pray because our God has promised to transform the world.
Australian Bird of the Year 2019: A fun distraction from a worrying world
Erica Hamence identifies 10 things that will need to change for Christian communities to be safer places.