Staying home is now our new normal. And going to church at home has become the way we belong to the Body of Christ. One of my friends said she rather enjoyed the Easter Vigil in her bedroom slippers! Life as we have...
Latest posts from Whitley College
Guest AuthorMeditation on Hebrews 2:5-18
Meditation on Hebrews 2:5-18: This passage from Hebrews was the New Testament reading set for morning prayer on the feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, and it seems appropriate not just for the feast day but also for...
Dorothy LeeJCS Facebook Competition – share ideas for coping with isolation
Now that we’ve all been self-isolating, physical and social distancing, quarantining and staying home for over a month, we thought it was time for some fun! It’s simple. Head on over to the Jesuit College of...
Jesuit College of SpiritualityFaith can help us lay our ghosts to rest
Rev Dr Andrew Sloane, Morling College and member of RASP This article is reposted from The Canberra Times It’s been a long time since I worked in clinical medicine, but like all doctors, I have memories of hard...
Andrew SloaneSanctifying God’s Name
In times of crisis, danger, and fear, the Church has frequently sought solace in Hebrew resources of lament and supplication. The psalter is one such evident resource – but it is not the only one. Rabbinic...
Mark LindsayCOVID-19 Response: Library Research Services
The following statement was released by Professor Peter Sherlock (Vice-Chancellor) and Kerrie Burn (Chair, Library Committee) on 16 April 2020. Library Research Services for Academic Staff and HDR students The...
Kerrie BurnEaster Saturday: Honoring grief and disappointment
This article is reported from blackbothy.com Several years ago, I was a minister in an inner-city community church. On the Easter weekend I am writing about, a member of our community, Davey, * had taken his own life...
Cathryn McKinneySeven Last Words | Love Rinse Repeat
To celebrate 50 episodes of the Love Rinse Repeat podcast, Liam interviewed seven guests about Jesus’ seven last words from the cross.
Liam MillerHoly Communion and COVID-19: The Body of Christ in a time of social distancing
This article was published by ABC Religion and Ethics Among other things, COVID-19 has brought with it an invitation to rethink what we imagine a safe society to be. It has also exposed, again, the failures of unbridled...
Jason Goroncy15 reasons why you should go to Bible and theological college
I chose to go to Bible and theological college in my late twenties. (In Australia, we tend to call seminaries theological colleges). I’d spent close to 10 years serving with a church planting team, and felt that I...
Graham Joseph HillWhy religious apocalyptic texts can offer us solace during the coronavirus crisis
'The end has started': Why apocalyptic literature can offer solace during the coronavirus crisis | ABCNews, with comment from Trinity College Theological School's Reverend Professor Dorothy Lee.
A Lament for Holy Week
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Christ’s last words on the cross in the accounts of Matthew and Mark fuse a tender, intimate address, ‘my God’, with the deep despair of abandonment. The question is not...
Rachelle Gilmour