"The economic value of housing as an investment has been allowed to dominate the social value of housing as a home," Kevin Bell writes. "That is a skewed way of looking at a fundamental human need that is embodied in a fundamental human right.” abc.net.au/news/2024-08-0…

Wealth inequality hasn't happened by accident. Our new report shows that the Government is choosing to boost the people who need it the least. It's time to turn that around and use the tax system to make our country fairer.

Instead of making our country fairer, Australia’s tax system is making inequality worse. Our new report is calling on the government to turn that around. Here’s how: sbs.com.au/news/article/t…

Sometimes I feel proud to be an Australian

This this this…so totally made my day. ♥️♥️♥️♥️ Scenes of Father Basil Lee Jellicoe, clergyman of the Church of England, at the Anchor pub, Somers Town (now Chalton St, St Pancras, NW) explaining why people gather in a pub. Whitbread’s brewery had given Jellicoe the control of

An undervalued liturgical resource in the Anglican Church of Australia! I have developed a deep appreciation of its dignified contemporary language which, for me, often resonates better than the 1995 APBA prayer book tone.

Nice to have a little Jesus greet me on my first day back in the office!

"There's no such thing as dead stuff around us. The world around us is alive because God is faithful to it. Far from creation being stuff that we can do what we like with, creation is an environment in which we expect to hear the word & welcome of God" Bp Rowan Williams

"The end of the world is something we cannot bring about by our own actions (although we are doing out very best to rectify that situation!) And yet, creation itself, whatever horrors we inflict on it, is anchored by God's faithfulness and held in God's hands." Bp Rowan Williams

"We're deeply challenged to recover the supernatural nature of the church; a church as community that looks to God, that isn't consumed with its own survival... What if a sacramental church is constantly seeking to open up a deep well of God's faithfulness?" Bp Rowan Williams

"The meditative inhabiting of the liturgy and sacramental practice opens the eyes of people and keeps our eyes open to what the Body of Christ can do in a particular setting." Bp Rowan Williams

Scenes from a parish office

Happy Easter, losers unherd.com/2025/04/happy-…

My favourite fact about the new Pope is that he is known to friends as “Bob” youtu.be/G1QywDPkDjg?si…

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.

Interesting new Anglican quiz. I accept the accuracy of my results (although I technically lean a bit more Old High Church than Tractarian). anglican-quiz.vercel.app