‘Red light’ ministry conversations – the who, when and how?

From The Pastor’s Heart –

“How to have the hard conversation with someone who is enthusiastic about why they shouldn’t go into professional Christian ministry?

How do you make the decision to raise a ‘Red light’ or an ‘Orange light’?”

– Paul Grimmond and Rowan Kemp discuss with Dominic Steele questions of discernment and wisdom.

New year, old virus, eternal home

“The new year has arrived, but the pandemic is not going away anytime soon. The ABC’s Dr Norman Swan has suggested that new variants are virtually certain and they may be more severe than any of the variants we have experienced so far.

For many, the summer break was disrupted by needing to isolate as a close contact, or by testing positive for the virus. Some experienced severe symptoms and others required hospitalisation. We should not neglect to remember that many have died and many have been left behind to grieve. Families are also bracing themselves for the possibility of further disruption to schooling.

In such challenging circumstances, how should Christians approach a new year? …”

– Encouragement from Archbishop Kanishka Raffel.

(Also published in Southern Cross, February 2022.)

Religious school tells parents it will apply its religious beliefs

“The above heading doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Isn’t that what one would expect, that a school set up to educate students in a particular religious view would apply those beliefs in its practices? But the press in Australia sees it differently, apparently.

‘School rules: Brisbane college expects students to denounce homosexuality’ is the way that the Sydney Morning Herald puts it (Jan 31). Citipointe Christian College has sent a letter to parents spelling out its views on a number of issues, letting them know that the College expects students and parents to be aware of these views if students are to be sent there.

Here I will comment on whether the College is legally justified in so doing. …”

– Neil Foster writes at Law and Religion Australia.

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