Eating at the service of life
As we enter a season with a lot of attention on food and feasting, food activist Liesl Stewart invites us to consider the effects of corporate farming, the high cost … Continue reading Eating at the service of life
Category: theology
Proverbs for the Treasury
The last few days have seen extraordinary turmoil in the worlds of politics and economics. Falling currency, stressed financiers, politicians either capitalising on the situation or hastily working out a … Continue reading Proverbs for the Treasury
Bigger barns and riches before God
Peter Grimwood reflects on Jesus’ story of the rich man and the bigger barns, and its application to today’s economy. The story of the bigger barns in Luke chapter 12 … Continue reading Bigger barns and riches before God
Talk: Philip Goodchild on credit and faith
Following on the heels of the Great Financial Crash of 2008, the pandemic has left states, businesses and households hopelessly indebted. But what do ‘debt’ and ‘credit’ really mean anyway? … Continue reading Talk: Philip Goodchild on credit and faith
What is a Christian approach to inequality?
Inequality has been a feature of human society since time immemorial, with a wide variety of ideologies and movements that have offered opinions about it. Today we find that ideas … Continue reading What is a Christian approach to inequality?
Of your own we give you
Reflections on faith, giving, fundraising and sustainable economics from Hilary Blake. The words of the title of this piece (from 1 Chronicles 29) shape much of the churches’ liturgy and … Continue reading Of your own we give you
Indigenous theology for a new earth
Russell Rollason, from the Australian Council of Churches, writes about how insights from Aboriginal theology can help us to reconnect to the land in a consumer culture. Have you often … Continue reading Indigenous theology for a new earth
The wholeness of creation
One of the main themes from the first chapter of the Bible is that the natural world is good. That might sound somewhat obvious, but there are those who disagree. … Continue reading The wholeness of creation
Joy in Enough 