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You: Forgiven and freed

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 by Adrian Russell

Freedom. Perhaps more than ever, we all want it. But what is it? Surely freedom is doing whatever we want without restrictions; no barriers or limitations. We tend to think of freedom a little like an astronaut out in space, floating around, with…

Church under Coronavirus: Edinburgh North Church

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Matthew Baines

After completing his BD at Moore in 2014 and serving as an assistant minister at Minchinbury Anglican Church, Matt Baines and his family moved to Scotland where he is completing a PhD in historical theology at the University of Edinburgh. They…

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How are you going?

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 by Leah Blake

How are you going with the outbreak of COVID-19? Maybe you have activated your epidemic plan and you have enough rice, pasta and mince to last until Christmas. Or perhaps you had originally taken a laid-back approach and you are now are…

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Three Gospel Truths Keeping Me Sane During Quarantine

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by Stef Overhall

I write this during our fourth week of school closures here in Santiago, Chile. Our region is about to enter its third week of formal quarantine, which means we can only leave the home under the strictest conditions (formal quarantine restrictions…

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Can you imagine?

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 by Angus Martin

Imagine the threat of a dangerous disease. Imagine the anxiety about becoming infected, the constant stress eating away at you. Imagine what it could do to your family, what it would do to your social life. Can you imagine? Maybe you don’t have…

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Anglicans and pandemics: 101 years on

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by Bronwyn Windsor

This is not the first time that the ACR has seen a pandemic. From 1880, the Church Record, as it was known, reported on all the news relating to the Anglican Church in Australia and New Zealand. So I did a bit of research and trawled through the archives…

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Waiting

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Susan An

We are not a culture that is adept at waiting. Whenever we are in a queue, most people whip out their phones to entertain themselves. A popular app was ‘Beat the Q’, which let you order coffee on the way so that when you arrived, it would be waiting…