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Read the latest blogs and updates from Common Grace and the wider community.

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Listening to Survivors

Victoria, a survivor of domestic and family violence, reflects on how healthy relationships allow stories to be shared, and listened to.

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Fire and Grace in the Wilderness

For our seventh Advent 2025 devotional, Luke Vassella explores John the Baptist’s fiery call to repentance and the redeeming grace that reshapes our hearts when love breaks through.

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Consent and Boundaries

Erin Hutton reflects the importance of talking about and practicing consent in how we respect ourselves, each other, and our boundaries.

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Burning Brightly in the Darkness

Charles Louwrens - challenged by the experiences of the refugees and asylum seekers he works alongside - urges us to resist the darkness of despair and trust in God’s promise of a new day.

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Healthy Communities

Lucy Sullivan reflects on the isolation of coercive control and how healthy relationships are embedded in community.

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Allyship

Jen Lakos, councillor with Cottage Counselling, reflects on allyship and what it looks like for us to be active bystanders.

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The Promise of Peace

Dr Mick Pope shares God’s vision for a just world where swords will be beaten into ploughshares and war will be no more.

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An Invitation To Real Change

Social worker and researcher Gen Farquhar shares how real change begins when those who cause harm choose to face the truth. This is an invitation to courage, repentance, and transformation — to walk the hard road toward love.

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The First Light of Hope

Dr Justine Toh opens our Advent 2025 series with a reflection on the way love breaks through, just as light breaks through the darkness. 

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Justice in the Church

Justice in the Church starts by listening to victim-survivors — not as broken, but as bearers of wisdom and resilience. When the Church truly hears and repents, it can become a place of safety, truth, and healing.