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...
Bishop Carol Writes … Drinking from the Source
I have a friend who speaks often of ‘the vagaries of life’, which, he says, beset us all. This is so true. This week has been a bit like that for me. Last night, as I was writing this article, I received a phone call to say that a lovely young friend, someone I...