Read Matthew 5:14-16 14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let… Continue reading Shining Lights
So often we talk about “rest” and the importance of making room for it in our busy lives. Except for one thing, how do we actually rest?
Flanders poppies have a special connection with World War One. Imagine the surprise art restoration expert, Professor Robyn Sloggett, got when she opened a letter from a soldier on the Western Front and out fell dried and pressed poppies from that battle field. On Open House she discussed the stories that are embodied in such simple objects and issues of culture, ownership and identity that arise in times of conflict.
Listen: Tim Costello in conversation with Stephen O’Doherty. Rev. Tim Costello has just returned from a visit to the United States. He told ‘Open House‘ what he saw in America was deeply distressing. Fear and grief “I felt great grief, personal grief. The rhetoric is polarised. It’s almost impossible to have a conversation between Republicans… Continue reading Tim Costello Has Never Seen America So Divided
Prayer and action are not opposites. The best sort of prayer leads to action. The best sort of action arises out of prayer.
The heroism of William Cooper, a Yorta Yorta elder who protested Nazism, will be honoured as part of a massive multi-media commemoration on the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) in Fitzroy. Artistic and musical director for the performance, Warren Wills shared the story on ‘Open House’.
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AB Bishop has written a beautiful and practical guide to turning your garden into a habitat to attract native animals. She shares a wealth of advice and information in ‘Habitat’ including how to build places for all sorts of animals to congregate. There are even step by step guides to building an insect hotel and a bee apartment block.
Read Mark 7:24-30 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came… Continue reading Picking Up the Crumbs
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