Big announcement from the Diocese of Adelaide today:

I wonder if Jesus ever had nightmares as a kid.

#HunterLine Trains are not running between Maitland and Newcastle Intg due to flooding on the tracks at Sandgate. Replacement buses are being arranged but none are available right now. Please delay your travel if possible or consider using other transport. Updates to follow.

Frederick Lewis Donaldson, Anglican Priest & Christian Socialist, proposed the seven social sins: Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Religion without sacrifice Politics without principle

A mouse-based overview of Ancient Greek prepositions.

Statement from the Premier

Newcastle Anglicans remember Pope Francis Bishop Peter Stuart along with the Assistant Bishops Charlie Murry and Sonia Roulston have paused in prayer this evening to remember Pope Francis and the Catholic faithful in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and Broken Bay.

Happy Easter from #catsofthecathedral #newycathedral

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

This is deeply troubling. I too pray for the Diocese and all concerned.

Happy 47th birthday to the #AAPB @aapb_no 🎉🎂 #anglican #47years An Australian Prayer Book, officially launched by the Primate, Archbishop Marcus Loane, in the Cowper Room at St Andrew's House, Sydney, on 5 April 1978:

24 March 1879: death of the Rt Revd William Tyrrell, aged 72. First Bishop of Newcastle 1847-1879. Local saint and hero! #anglican #146years Credit for attached portrait @tyroleanlass; my photos: his grave, and the plaque @SydneyCathedral.

A million dollars every hour or every day - that's how much the people of NSW are losing... When will Premier @ChrisMinns's Government do something substantial to change this? 1/3

WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TRANSPHOBIC AND RACIST ADVERTISING? You can make a complaint to the ACCC, to the Australian Electoral Commission. You can also call the paper directly and complain: remember it's not the fault of the person who answers the phone :-) #racism #transphobia

Hey @smh, I am disgusted and appalled by the #racist ad on your front page today. #racism has no place in this country, nor on your masthead. When will we see an apology? #trumpetofhate

PRE-LENT VACAY WITH THE BOWYERS: Our week away barely started, and already, Ladybird book GOLD. Is this a sign of things to come? #ladybirdbooks

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It has been a long month. Thinking on everything, I keep coming back to this passage. How do we respond in this time of unrest, fear, and feelings of hopelessness? Jesus’ vision of a new community…. “Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches.” Luke 13:18-19 Jesus’ parables are one of the ways Jesus trains his disciples. The parables, like the sermon on the mount, have always been crucial for the church to imagine the kind of community it is called to be. We discover again and again that Jesus’ parables significance points to everyday life. The parables are meant to be lived. The original audience may have been perplexed by this story. They would have known that no-one would intentionally plant a mustard shrub. In fact, the Jewish Mishnah forbade the growing of mustard seeds in the garden because they were ‘useless annoying weeds’. In the Hebrew Scriptures the “birds of the air” can be a reference to Gentiles/Non-Jews, the foreigner. This parable suggests that the kingdom of heaven is available to everyone. Even those who may be considered outsiders or not “Worthy”. Jesus is calling us to see the significance in the insignificant. The parables of the kingdom of heaven make clear that the kingdom of heaven is not “up there”. Through the parables Jesus is teaching us to “be for the world the material reality of the kingdom of heaven brought down to earth.” As Jesus is himself the parable of the father so the church is meant to be the parable of Christ. A people in space and time welcoming the outcast, the foreigner, and the stranger. These kind of communities will look like unwanted weeds to the world, or even to other christians. However, this may be exactly the church Jesus is asking us to embody. Keep going. Keep showing up to the places where you feel loved. All of the birds in this icon are native to the Holy Land Prints, Digital Downloads, And limited edition wood prints! kellylatimoreicons.com

Arrangements for the Melbourne interregnum: Bishop Genieve Blackwell is Administrator of the Diocese of Melbourne, and Bishop Garry Weatherill is Acting Metropolitan of Province of Victoria. The Election Synod for Melbourne is scheduled for 23-24 May 2025.