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Category Archives: Reflection
Reflection: Why I support Marriage Equality
today silence feels like cowardice. And if me being open about who I am can help even one young person feel better about who they are, then it’s worth it Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Hope, identity, love, marriage, marriage equality, Politics, same-sex marriage, sexuality
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Newsletter: Spending Lent Wisely
Protestants stopped fasting in Lent. It became something that those Catholics over there did, and was looked at with suspicion Continue reading
Reflecting on my mental health or lack thereof
the most horrible symptom of depression that I experience is my feeling that I am useless and worthless and that the people who love me would be better off without me Continue reading
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Tagged depression, faith, mental health, mental illness, prayer, Religion, suicide, World Mental Health Day
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Prayer of Confession and Lament in Response to the Massacre in Orlando
… without every single one of us your rainbow shines less bright. Continue reading
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Tagged lament, Prayer of Confession, sexuality, uniting church in australia, Year of Luke
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From the thesis: The Church and the Law
From the late nineteen sixties the predecessors of the Uniting Church called for the decriminalisation of male homosexuality, and in the eighties and nineties the leadership of the Uniting Church supported the addition of sexuality to the prohibited grounds of discrimination in equal opportunity legislation. Continue reading
Posted in Political Activism, Random Musings, Reflection
Tagged history, homosexuality, law, thesis, uniting church in australia
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Reflection: Two and a half days in to the Ration Challenge
Two and a half days in I am not hungry, or feeling deprived at all. But I am feeling a little bored at my menu choices. Continue reading
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Tagged Act for Peace, Food, Ration Challenge, Refugee Week
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The Act for Peace Ration Challenge
3,500 g of rice; 280 g of split peas; 250 g of fortified flour; 155 g of fish; 40 g of salt and 125 ml of vegetable oil Continue reading
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Tagged Act for Peace, Burma, fund-raising, Ration Challenge
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