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I have a confession to make, and that is that I am a mad-keen angler. I love fishing. Whether float-tubing down the Green River in Utah for cut-throat trout, wending my way up a Scottish river casting silver-blue-and-teal flies for wild salmon, hook...

TOMORROW • St Mark's Anglican Church: We will be holding our peaceful worship service at 8am and our contemporary all-ages worship service at 9.30am. Join us and hear this week’s talk by Reverend Gavin Tyte. Our Sunday School is now open and...

It’s often said that Christianity is a “White man’s religion”, a reference to the way the Bible has been misused as a means of control and deception against people of colour. It is no secret that White men have used the Holy Book for their personal g...

In the 1960s, cartoonist Kim Casali began a comic strip called "Love is …" and by the mid-1970s was earning over $6 million a year in royalties. Through cartoons that appeared in newspapers, on fridge magnets, in greetings cards and souvenirs, she to...

TOMORROW • St Mark's Anglican Church: Our church family invites you to join us for peaceful worship at 8am with Canon John Stow or our contemporary all-ages worship at 9.30am with guest preacher Reverend Terry Hassell. This week’s theme will...

Janita Burke is preparing for unexpected blessings with the release of her second single My Unexpected Is Now. Inspiration for the song came in the early morning hours of October 2, 2021. “I heard the words ‘my unexpected is now’ followed shortly by ...

The church is a group of people called by God to join in with God's ongoing mission in the world; to announce the kingship of Jesus, and to be witnesses of his infinite love. We do not exist simply to claim "souls" for a disembodied future existence...

TOMORROW • Emmanuel Methodist Church: All are welcome to join us at 11am for "Women of Emmanuel with a Spiritual Purpose". Guest speaker Blanche Burchall of Glory Temple. Interim pastor, Bishop Carlton Crockwell. Come and receive a blessing!...

Superabundance If there is one miracle of Jesus that, today, almost everyone seems able to recall, it is him turning water into wine. Perhaps it is because this is the first miracle encountered in John's account or perhaps it is because it is rich i...

When I started in this role as Religion Correspondent I did so with the intention of diversifying the stories that were shared in this section. I wanted this space to accurately reflect our readership and the wider community. Collectively, we have do...