The lessons Bluey can teach greedy developers and politicians about resurrecting the true Australian dream

“Australian politics is not family friendly – and it’s time the major parties woke up to this. …”

– At Sky News Australia, Kel Richards shares some thoughts after watching a popular kids TV show.

Parenting in God’s family

From The Pastor’s Heart:

“What is Christian parenting?  How do we do family Bible time well?

How can we prioritise church, even when it’s hard?  Navigating social media with teens?

And how to parent teens who are doubting, drifting or deserting?

Parenting is joyous, magical, tiresome, boring, stressful and complicated.

Harriet Connor is editor of ‘Parenting in God’s family: Biblical wisdom for everyday issues.’. Kat Ashton Israel is a contributing author.”

– Watch or listen here.

A prayer for the Middle East

At SydneyAnglicans.net, Archbishop Kanishka Raffel has posted this prayer which you could share, and use in your own prayers:

“Lord of the Nations,

We pray for the Middle East.

We pray for women, children and men who have been caught up in a war not of their own making. We pray for people separated, displaced from their homes and grieving the death of family, loved ones and neighbours. May they know your help, comfort and hope.

We pray for the release of those held hostage, for those impacted by rockets and missiles and for those traumatised and helpless. We pray for the restraint of evil, for peace and justice.

We pray especially for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. Please preserve them in the knowledge and love of your Son. May they be ambassadors of reconciliation among their own people.

We pray for Australians trying to get home from the war zones. We pray for our neighbours, friends and fellow citizens here in Australia who are grieving, anxious and fearful for their loved ones in other places or themselves. Comfort and sustain then, may they know your peace and presence. Help all Australians to live in respect, harmony and peace with one another.

And banish from the leaders of the nations the spirit that makes for war. We ask it in the name of the Prince of Peace, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Archbishop Kanishka Raffel

1 October 2024.”

– from SydneyAnglicans.net, where you will also find a Downloadable PDF file to print and share.

Sovereign Grace Music Podcast with Colin Buchanan (part 1)

Sovereign Grace Music has just published Part 1 of an interview with Colin Buchanan for their Sound Plus Doctrine podcast.

“Colin Buchanan is widely known in Australia both as a country musician and a writer of Christian songs for kids. He is extremely funny and a joy to be around, but more importantly loves introducing children to the riches of God’s Word and the gospel through song. We had the opportunity to record two podcasts with him.

In this first episode, David and Bob talk to Colin about his history and how he got connected with Sovereign Grace Music.”

– Watch here.

Church Society Podcast: The Alliance and other issues

The latest Church Society Podcast has been released:

“At the beginning of a new series of podcasts, Ros Clarke, Lee Gatiss and Chris Moore chat about what is happening in Church of England circles at the moment, what happened over summer and the state of play in various aspects of church politics.”

– Listen here.

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