Reflection

Life is not meant to be dismal. Life is not an endurance test. Life is life if we make it that. How do we know for sure that life is … Read more

In our Parish Council meeting this week we continued reflecting on the Diocesan Mission Action Plan. Our reflections this week looked at the activities that are at the heart of … Read more

Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, … Read more

As a child I knew Poppa had not been well for a long time. Looking back I think it is likely that my grandfather had suffered the effects of PTSD … Read more

During 2020, the Diocesan Council, bishops and senior leadership team spent time considering and answering the following questions:  What is our vision for the Anglican Church Southern Queensland over the … Read more

She sits like a bird, brooding on the waters,hovering on the chaos of the world’s first day;she sighs and she sings, mothering creation,waiting to give birth to all the Word … Read more

We saw his light break through the cloud of gloryWhilst we were rooted still in time and placeAs earth became a part of Heaven’s storyAnd heaven opened to his human … Read more

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Jesus Jesus calls us not as servants, but as friends. The idea of friendship with God is perhaps … Read more

Just as the fish lives and moves and has its being in the water without needing to know what water is or where it came from,Just as the bird flies … Read more

The Rev’d Canon Garland has long been acknowledged as the architect of ANZAC Day commemorations. One of his aims was to take this sacred service out into the public square, … Read more