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Rev'd Canon Dr Garry Worete Deverell
4 days ago6 min read
Indigenous Spirituality and Christianity
The First Peoples of Australia are just as unlikely as Jews to locate spirituality in rare or special experiences or claims about privileged
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Liz Jones
Jan 155 min read
Gratitude and Spiritual Trust
What is required to be happier and more fulfilled? To be at peace with what we have?
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Robert van Mourik
Nov 6, 20245 min read
The Abandonment of Religion
This article examines the inter-relationships between spirituality, theology and religion
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John Scoble
Oct 2, 20248 min read
Discernment
Discernment is a process that we can use to help us make important decisions, to ensure they are the right decisions for us
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Liz Jones
Sep 4, 20247 min read
Learning How to See
Our next meeting will focus on Brian McLaren's list of 13 biases which he says can also affect the development of our personal worldview.
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John Scoble
Aug 12, 20243 min read
Interpreting your Worldview
Previously, we have examined Ken Wilber's spiritual worldviews. Here, Rohr presents a model of alternative worldviews
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Robert van Mourik
Jul 6, 20244 min read
The Importance of Consciousness in Spirituality (Unabridged)
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Robert van Mourik
Jul 6, 20243 min read
The Importance of Consciousness in Spirituality
This is the feature article on the home page of the website
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Stephen Dyer
Jun 15, 20244 min read
After Death - What Comes?
the afterlife is of significant importance. If you were “really good (saint-like)”, you entered into Heaven. If you were “bad”,
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John Scoble
Jun 4, 20246 min read
Nature and Spirituality
Ecology is a huge subject. Many writers have written books on the subject, including Pope Francis, so it is somewhat daunting to prepare a
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Robert van Mourik
Apr 15, 202411 min read
Reimagining God
"Unless religion changes and adapts to the evolving world, it cannot do what it has the capacity to do: enkindle a zest for life.”
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Brendan O'Sullivan
Mar 5, 20249 min read
A Victim Mentality
The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the phenomenon of a Victim Mentality, explain it and encourage the reader to reflect on it
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John Scoble
Feb 24, 20249 min read
Death and Re-Birth
The purpose of this paper is to explore the spiritual dimensions of death and rebirth for individuals, groups and organisations.
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James Martin SJ
Dec 2, 20234 min read
Not Enoughness
The following is an extract from a new book, Come Forth, by James Martin, SJ., worthy of reflection
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Robert van Mourik
Nov 30, 20234 min read
From Co-dependency to an Adult Faith (Abridged version)
Co-dependency occurs when one places an excessive reliance on another at the expense of their own mature development.
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Robert van Mourik
Nov 30, 202313 min read
From Co-dependency to an Adult Faith
Co-dependency exists and has been fostered by the church. It denies the inherent wisdom each of us has and impacts our spiritual growth.
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Michael Furtado & Garry Everett
Oct 19, 20236 min read
Implications of Natural Law for our Spirituality
Natural Law is rarely seen in terms of spirituality, yet it widely informs the beliefs and practices of Catholics in the field of Bioethics
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John Scoble
Sep 2, 20239 min read
Detachment
"I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care about money. Decorations, titles, or distinctions mean nothing to me.
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Robert van Mourik
Aug 2, 20239 min read
Understanding the Parables
In his book Jesus: An Historical Approximation, the Spanish theologian, José Pagola writes the principal reason Jesus lived on earth was to
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Robert van Mourik
Jul 2, 20236 min read
Why did Jesus die?
Atonement Theory, the belief that Jesus died on the cross to redeem us for our sins, is deeply embedded in our literature, our hymns, our ps
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