Australian Indigenous writers have important things to say not only to their own communities but also to us as Second Settlers. The message of this book is simple: it is time we started listening.

With a gentle humour, John Kidson shares his passionate involvement in life in this whimsical, playful and humorous autobiography with a difference.

Is waiting now our greatest calling, like Simeon and Anna who grasped the moment of kairos joy?

Does the church have anything to offer in a time of crisis such as the pandemic? What do the major biblical themes of healing, reconciliation, community, care for the poor, the work of justice and prophetic witness mean for us and the world today?

By social distancing, we are to join together in the art of separating. There is pain and loss in living this tension, but also much to learn as we anticipate a new way of being in a post-Covid world.

Urban mission is birthed and sustained by an urban spirituality – by a way of life, of prayer, of seeing the city and neighbour, of being an embodied presence of the gospel. Service and witness take place in ordinary life, where Christians are neighbours in their communities and grounded in their neighbourhoods.