Bells Ring Out Around the World
2021 is the 200th anniversary of the invention of the Ellacombe Chime, a method of installing and ringing bells invented by the Reverend Henry Ellacombe who became curate at St Mary’s Church in Bitton, England, in 1817. In an Ellacombe Chime the bells are fixed in...Opinion: Forgiveness by Dr Monica Short
Forgiveness can be thoughtfully examined theoretically through an integrated lens with a knowledge base in social work, sociology, and theology. However, intimately experiencing it seems to me to create a richer awareness of what forgiveness is. My musing on the...
Split Diocese
The landscape of our country seems to fluctuate often these days. We go from periods of relative freedom to sudden bouts of lockdown with seemingly nary a warning. It’s a stressful time with daily lives being affected, and people are understandably upset. What I...New Principal for The Anglican School Googong
Colin May is a highly regarded educator and experienced Principal of more than four decades. After a long teaching career in Primary and Secondary Education at St Andrew’s Cathedral School, including establishing ‘Kirrikee’ Outdoor Education Centre, and Trinity...Meet Vocational Deacon Leonie White
Recently I was struck by an image posted on Facebook of a person leaning on a shovel in a very large paddock. The comment was that prayer without action is equivalent to this character with a huge task ahead of him, leaning there on his shovel waiting for something to...
Clergy Retreat Recharge Reflections
Last November, all clergy were invited to the annual clergy retreat at Galong. I have to admit that as both a newcomer to the Diocese and an evangelical Anglican I was a bit unsure about a silent clergy retreat. It wasn’t something that was part of my tradition and...
Cooma Parish Farewells Rector
A Farewell Lunch for Reverend Lance Lawton and his wife Rosemary was held in Cooma on 27 June with 40 folk, masked and socially distanced! Ministerial colleagues from Baptist, LifeGate (Assembly of God), Lutheran and Salvation Army Churches were guests. I was invited...