A poem by Bayside Christian College student speaks of hope emerging from death.

In the midst of it all, I want to stay with the Everlasting Arms.

Understand the wisdom in change, / Accept the tide and let it take you.

How do we practise peace as the people of God? This book is a thoroughly useful practical aid for pastors, parents, church leaders and Christian educators, in working to resolve conflicts, starting with their own self-examination and contemplative prayer.

Martin Scorsese has accurately and piercingly replicated the dire fatalism of isolationist Japan – a world where a lukewarm Christian cannot exist. But Silence is also an analogy for Grace – the undeserved love of God for the weak.

For the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi:

The precious animals of Earth we share, / All created intricately and with care,

For the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi:

Hummingbirds / Hovering effortlessly / Buzz sweetly

Like domesticated silkworms, faith communities that fly under the radar feel that, in order to survive, they need to break out of that system – or at least work their way around that system. What can we learn from the genius of nature about being gently and respectfully innovative?

What wounds and sins are bleeding, / Unhealed and burning / In our own national history?

Working through the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase, Cronshaw invites us to look at it with fresh eyes; to see the implications of this prayer for how we understand God’s character and mission and our place within that mission.