Australian Church Record

Christian LivingChurch History

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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Christian Living

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…

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Christian Living

When nothing will stand still #1: Reflections on Hebrews 12

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by Emma Newling

Monday, 23 March 2020, 23:09 I’ll be honest with you, I’m drinking more coffee. Nespresso pods do not seem to be in short supply… yet. Many things I regularly fail to navigate well in family life have been… amped up. And almost everything I love…

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Christian LivingYouth & Kids

Hot off the press: Resources for Easter

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by ACR Team

Today is Maundy Thursday. The Easter weekend this year is going to look very different to what all of us were anticipating, isn’t it? In my household, there will be plenty of lament as there will be noticeably fewer chocolate eggs as the usual visits…

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Christian LivingEvangelism

Good news in the COVID-19 season

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Ben George

This COVID-19 season has been intense. Everything is changing, anxieties are raised, people are suffering and death is having an impact on all of us. And significantly, it is not something that we can escape. In close to the last hundred years,…

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Christian LivingDoctrine

Dying Well

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Andrew Leslie

A few years ago, in my work and wider church context, we seemed to be confronted with what seemed like an inordinate amount of death. Several people tragically lost infants in the womb. Colleagues and neighbours were suddenly struck down in the…

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Christian LivingDoctrine

Fear or Faith | COVID-19

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by Tawanda Masango

It doesn’t matter which news site you turn to, COVID-19 is making the headlines. It is changing people’s lives. It is shaking up the global financial markets. It is hardly possible to have a conversation with someone before it becomes the subject…

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