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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Sign the petitionDr Justine Toh opens our Advent 2025 series with a reflection on the way love breaks through, just as light breaks through the darkness.
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.
Rev Argho Biswas explores biblical equality and the dismantling of patriarchal power dynamics in relationships, homes, workplaces, and the church.
Father Rod Bower shares a story from his childhood as he reflects on how domestic and family violence can impact children.
Read our November 2025 News Update as Gershon Nimbalker explores the wielding of power and how this reflects what it truly means to know the Lord.
Carolyn Cousins looks at safety in dating and what some of the red flags of coercive control look like.
Victim-survivor of domestic violence, Essie reflects on challenging harmful gender roles and how she forged a path to embracing boundaries.
New analysis questions assumptions about Christian conservatism on climate
Megan Powell du Toit reflects on the differences between healthy persuasion and harmful coercion.
Erica Mandi Manga reflects on what it means for everyone to have dignity as we explore healthy relationships.
Read our October 2025 News Update and Gershon Nimbalker's reflection on prophetic imagination and seeing beyond what is.
Rev Hazel Davies invites us to step into a different story of youth justice. Read her reflection on moving towards each other now.
Read our September 2025 News Update and Gershon Nimbalker's reflection on joining God’s work in a fractured world.
Jane Kelly is holding onto hope in the face of despair, one small mustard-seed-sized act at a time.
Felicity McCormack, a homesick climate scientist, calls us to embodied faithfulness that is rooted in community.
Ally Neale explores how caring for God’s creation shapes her worship, work and witness.