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Truth. Treaties. Voice.

This NAIDOC Week, we urge the Commonwealth Government and each member of Federal Parliament to take action towards Truth, Treaties and Voice. Sign the petition to show your support!

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Apr 17 · by

Easter Monday Is Not Fake News

If the resurrection on Sunday doesn’t move us to live differently on Monday then people will think our good news is ‘fake news’.

Apr 14 · by

Siding with Jesus, the poor & the exploited

Following Jesus requires we love people in costly solidarity, and requires us to expose any ideology that pretends inequality is natural or ordained by God

Apr 08 · by

Meekness: A fresh look at Jesus this Palm Sunday

This Palm Sunday our Operations Director Jessica Smith encourages us to look again and watch Jesus live out his belief that the meek are blessed and will inherit the earth.

Apr 07 · by

Whether in Syria or at our borders, these lives are precious.

"Sarin is familiar to me. It is the same chemical weapon Saddam used against my people in Halabja."

Apr 03 · by

What does life-changing support look like?

Community Legal Services are not just helpful, they can be the life-changing support a woman needs to leave an abusive relationship.

Mar 31 · by

Ending the Great Australian Silence

Rev Dr Geoff Broughton reflects on ministering alongside Waka Waka woman Brooke Prentis at this year's Surrender Conference, and ending the Great Australian Silence by listening and amplifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices.

Mar 31 · by

Will Anything Change?

Brooke Prentis reflects on the national statistics of incarceration rates of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people and invites you to take action for a better tomorrow.

Mar 24 · by

Dear London,

Common Grace 'Love Thy Neighbour' Ambassador and survivor of the Lindt Cafe Sydney Siege Louisa Hope writes an open letter to London, following the Westminster attack.

Mar 02 · by

A word from our CEO

Our CEO, Scott Sanders, shares his heart for our movement in 2017 and reflects on why Common Grace is needed now, more than ever.

Feb 28 · by

Dirty and Dusty

On Ash Wednesday, churches hold services where we receive the sign of the cross on our foreheads using ash from palm branches.

Feb 28 · by

What is Shrove Tuesday?

And what has it got to do with pancakes?

Jan 25 · by

Thoughts on #ChangeTheDate

At some point, I became faintly aware that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples didn’t feel the same way about January 26 as I did.

Jan 25 · by

PEACEcast

Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Spokesperson, Brooke Prentis, and team member, Tanya Riches, recently caught up with Dave from PEACEcast - the new podcast by the PEACEtalks team at Paddington Anglican in Sydney - for a good chat about all things Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice and January 26 - including THAT lamb ad!

Jan 25 · by

When Everything Looks Different

... It was a moment of honesty between two Aussie men. One of them was me – a guy often accused of being a ‘tree-hugging-bleeding-heart-lefty’ (of the specific Jesus-freak variety). The other was a cashed-up tradie. The kind of guy that you expect to have Southern Cross tattoo.

Jan 24 · by

Understanding 'Australia Day'

January 2017. My family moved to Brisbane Australia four years ago, and this year, we plan to start the process of becoming Australian citizens... It is likely that I will need to understand what Australia Day is all about.

Jan 24 · by

Approaching January 26th

I am a white Australian. On one side of my family I have a convict grandfather who arrived in 1812 having poached a rabbit in England. He made quite a life for himself in the new Sydney colony and I have grown up spotting the buildings he built and owned in the early settlement. I am a beneficiary of his arrival.