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‘Yes means hope!’ a view from a Christian school newsletter

Posted on 13/10/2023 by John Sandeman
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OPINION Tim Argall, the principal of a large Christian School, sees a YES vote as a vote for the future of the children they teach. This is his personal opinion, his school has decided that their families need to make… Continue Reading →

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The best points ‘No’ campaigners make are arguments for the Voice

Posted on 06/10/2023 by John Sandeman
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Former PM Tony Abbott raised a good point on the ABC RN Breakfast yesterday: many Aboriginal settlements in remote areas have no economic base, and this has the effect of discouraging school attendance. Interviewed by Patricia Karvelas, who spoke over… Continue Reading →

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I was unheard, and you listened to me

Posted on 03/10/2023 by Jacob Sarkodee
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OPINION Jacob Sarkodee ‘The evidence of true and faithful worship is that as disciples we allow God’s expressions of loving and just power to define and direct our own and seek to build systems that do likewise.’ – Mark Labberton In… Continue Reading →

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People have been asking, what do churches think about the Voice? They’re overwhelmingly pro-‘YES’

Posted on 02/10/2023 by John Sandeman
St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne says YES

It is clear most churches and/or their leaders are on the side of the Voice or lean towards it. To be clear I found a couple of neutrals. The Other Cheek has found the church statements, so you don’t have… Continue Reading →

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National sins, collective guilt: how Presbyterian hero John Dunmore Lang acknowledged Aboriginal dispossession

Posted on 18/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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An excerpt from John Dunmore Lang’s Sermon National sins, the cause and precursors of national judgments  Preached in Scots church Sydney in 1838. Lang is often regarded as the father of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. It stands with Baptist… Continue Reading →

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Figures show a gentle decline in Sydney Anglicans’ attendance plus three letter-writing campaigns and a call to support the Voice

Posted on 13/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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In a quiet corner away from the hall where the Sydney Anglican Synod is taking place, a sheet of paper attached to the noticeboard contained disturbing news. A gentle decline in attendance figures is shown in a table compiled in… Continue Reading →

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Three Indigenous leaders address the Sydney Anglican Synod on reconciliation and the Voice

Posted on 12/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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An Obadiah Slope column Archbishop Kanishka Raffel asked three indigenous leaders, Larissa Minniecon, a Synod member from St John’s Glebe; Naville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer of Bush Church Aid; and Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Anglican Church, to address the… Continue Reading →

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Acknowledgement Prayer opens Sydney Anglican Synod

Posted on 11/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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After an opening hymn, Praise my Soul the King of Heaven, Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Indigenous Church, led the Sydney Anglican Synod Opening Service in the Cathedral with a Prayer of Acknowledgement. “Our Lord and loving heavenly Father, we… Continue Reading →

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The Anglican Marks of Mission and the Voice to Parliament

Posted on 09/09/2023 by Peter Sandeman
Three flags of Australia

Opinion: On The Other Cheek, we welcome “the other twin,” Peter Sandeman writing on the Voice. He is Canon for Social Justice in the diocese of Adelaide. Now that the referendum is approaching and the contending arguments have been coloured… Continue Reading →

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Instant gratification, the voice, Melbourne Anglican Mediawatch

Posted on 03/09/2023 by John Sandeman

Quicktime: A small but heated discussion has got Obadiah thinking about how the internet leads us to want instant gratification in arguments. A post by Sydney Anglican Dani Treweek on her substack site had just been up long enough for… Continue Reading →

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