I found out that our Modern Age touts a philosophy that disavows philosophy. It robs us of our philosophical birthright. It both spawns and dismisses our doubts about knowing and the real. It touts an approach to knowing and the real which actually obstructs our work, damaging ourselves and the world. So I am a professional philosopher working beyo…

Rosemary Bradford reflects on our own place in the kingdom of God based on 1 Samuel 15.34-16.13, Psalm 20, 2 Corinthians 5.6-10, 14-17, and Mark 4.26-34.

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on 1 Samuel 8.4-11, 16-20; 11.14-15 and 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.5.

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on Acts 2.1–21, Romans 8.22–27, and John 15.26–27; 16.4b–15.

What does it means to be Christian in response to COVID-19 and its devastating impact? How do we speak of God in the midst of the the widespread anxieties and fears caused by the pandemic? How do witness to God’s truth and justice in light of the deep inequities that the pandemic has helped unveil? In the fourteenth century, Julian of Norwich compo…

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on Jesus farewell to his followers from John 15.9–17.

Barbara Booth reflects on John 15.1–8, Acts 8.26–40, the mission of God and implications for us as the Church today.

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on Luke 24.36b-48, Acts 3.12-20, and John 20:19-31.

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on John 20:19-31.

Byron Smith reflects on the significance of Jesus having risen to life, based on John 20:1-18.

Rev Philip Bradford reflects on a God that suffers with us based on John 19:1-30.

The global crisis of forced displacement is growing every year. At the same time, Western Christians' sympathy toward refugees is increasingly overshadowed by concerns about personal and national security, economics, and culture. We urgently need a perspective that understands both Scripture and current political realities and that can be applied a…

Byron Smith reflects on Mark 11.1-11 and Philippians 2:5-11.

Barbara Booth reflects on Jeremiah 31.31-34, Hebrews 5.5-14

Jasmine Wrangles from TEAR on Romans 8:18-30By Paddington Anglican

Marginalisation and Grace: Centres and peripheries in a world turned inside out. There are many ways to think about and define the centres and peripheries of Christianity, who or what controls, shapes and influences the markers of belonging and right belief, who or what is mainstream or marginal. This talk, which focuses on ideas of centres and per…

Now that the bushfire emergency of the last few months has eased, the temptation—especially for those of us in major cities that may have been choked with smoke, but largely avoided the flames—is to think of life as having more or less returned to normal. But something happened this summer, something profound, with the potential to reshape our comm…

Rev Katherine Rainger shares with us "From Bethlehem with love: Advent reflections in conversation with Palestinian Christian Theology" “Come and see” and then “go and tell” is the message that Palestinian Christians give to the church. This PEACEtalks is an invitation to “come and hear” and reflect on what it means to welcome Jesus while also bein…

Jess Lyons preaching for the second week of Advent, with its theme of Peace, on overcoming fear and division through vulnerability.By Paddington Anglican

For the PEACEtalk to discuss "The Ins and Outs of the Body of Christ: listening to the voices the church needs to hear" we heard from an exciting panel of speakers about what it's like to be LGBTIQA+, have a disability, be multicultural, and Aboriginal, in God's Family and in our churches. The panel of Steff Fenton, Shane Clifton, and Joanne Shan w…

Hear Rev Dr Seforosa Carroll explore Climate Change, Theology and Resilience in the Pacific – the importance of faith/theology in the Pacific and how it can be both a hindering and transforming agent of change. Also exploring the importance of Indigenous knowledge and wisdom as a source of resilience in a changing climate. Seforosa (Sef) is a Fiji …

A panel of artists who have been part of Creative Conversations held at Annandale Creative Arts Centre as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival joined us for our August PEACEtalks and explored "Can art change the world?" Speakers Helen Wright is a Pastor at Newtown Mission and oversees Annandale Creative Arts Centre. She is the Artistic Director of Cr…

In this lecture, David Clough makes the case that Christians have strong faith-based reasons for urgent changes in their practice towards animals, particularly with respect to the ways they are now raised for food. He begins by arguing that despite the many important pressing questions of social justice and environmental responsibility, animal ethi…

In this lecture, David Clough makes the case that Christians have strong faith-based reasons for urgent changes in their practice towards animals, particularly with respect to the ways they are now raised for food. He begins by arguing that despite the many important pressing questions of social justice and environmental responsibility, animal ethi…

Hear from Erin Martine Sessions on The Song of Songs and Australia’s Problem with Intimate Partner Violence. Erin Martine Sessions is an Old Testament Academic, currently undertaking a Phd in The Song of Songs, the Domestic & Family Violence Justice Spokesperson for Common Grace, a poet and writer. Resources: When women speak: domestic violence in …

Hear from Erin Martine Sessions on The Song of Songs and Australia’s Problem with Intimate Partner Violence. Erin Martine Sessions is an Old Testament Academic, currently undertaking a Phd in The Song of Songs, the Domestic & Family Violence Justice Spokesperson for Common Grace, a poet and writer. Resources: When women speak: domestic violence in …

Engaging with the 2019 NAIDOC Week theme - "Voice. Treaty. Truth - Let's work together for a shared future", hear from our PEACEtalks Director, Brooke Prentis, Wakka Wakka woman, Aboriginal Christian Leader, Aboriginal Spokesperson for Common Grace, and Coordinator of the The Grasstree Gathering educate us on Treaty, share some truth, and echo the …

Engaging with the 2019 NAIDOC Week theme - "Voice. Treaty. Truth - Let's work together for a shared future", hear from our PEACEtalks Director, Brooke Prentis, Wakka Wakka woman, Aboriginal Christian Leader, Aboriginal Spokesperson for Common Grace, and Coordinator of the The Grasstree Gathering educate us on Treaty, share some truth, and echo the …

1. Brooke Prentis – Welcome, including Acknowledgement of Country, to a live podcast of With All Due Respect an Election special. 2. The actual podcast Ep 14: LIVE in Sydney for a special #election2019 episode is published by Eternity.

Australia contributes far more than our fair share to worsening the climate crisis, and yet our political leaders seem to be going backwards. What are the needs, opportunities and challenges of Australian Climate Politics? And where might the church fit? Dr Byron Smith is an ecological ethicist and Christian minister. His PhD in theological ethics …

Australia contributes far more than our fair share to worsening the climate crisis, and yet our political leaders seem to be going backwards. What are the needs, opportunities and challenges of Australian Climate Politics? And where might the church fit? Dr Byron Smith is an ecological ethicist and Christian minister. His PhD in theological ethics …

Welcome, and Acknowledgement of Country, by Brooke Prentis for Heads in the Sand: Australian Climate Politics and the Church.

Since her conception the Church has seen herself as having a vocation to challenge the ideas that make the moral, political, and metaphysical claims of the Gospel unthinkable to the world around her. Yet when the Church becomes too at-home in the world we can begin to instead see our role as sanctifying whatever set of presuppositions makes us most…

Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. Currently the Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia (WVA) and the Executive Director of Micah Australia. With an introduction by Rev Dr Geoff Broughton.…

Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. Currently the Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia (WVA) and the Executive Director of Micah Australia. With an introduction by Rev Dr Geoff Broughton.…

Lisa Sharon Harper in conversation by Aboriginal Christian leader Brooke Prentis on the topic of 'repentance, racism and reconciliation.' Based in the US, Lisa is a prolific speaker, writer and activist. Her critically-acclaimed book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right, was recognised by Relevant Magazine as one of “Six Bo…

Panel discussion on gender, power and violence with Emma Pitman (writer), Kylie Maddox Pidgeon (psychologist), and Erica Hamence (minister); facilitated by academic, musician and pastor, Tanya Riches

The death and resurrection of Jesus lie at the heart of Christian faith, welcoming such an overabundance of meaning that we can return again and again and each time find new insight, fresh significance, unexpected disturbance, surprising comfort.Our guide will be a little book by celebrated theologian Rowan Williams called “God with Us: The meaning…

The death and resurrection of Jesus lie at the heart of Christian faith, welcoming such an overabundance of meaning that we can return again and again and each time find new insight, fresh significance, unexpected disturbance, surprising comfort. Our guide will be a little book by celebrated theologian Rowan Williams called “God with Us: The meanin…

The emergence of bioethics in Australia: contesting life, death, and the purpose of medicine.Christopher Mayes is a Research Fellow in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University and Research-Affiliate in Sydney Health Ethics at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The Biopolitics of Lifestyle: Foucault, Ethics, and Healthy Choices (R…

Kara Martin has recently published a book called ‘Workship’ exploring the faith and work divide and how to use your working to worship God

Kara has recently published a book called ‘Workship’ exploring the faith and work divide and how to use your working to worship God.By Paddington Anglican