The New Age – Page 2 – The Online Journal For The New Church in Australia and New Zealand

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Welcome to another issue of The New Age, and enjoy having a good read! Maybe even quarantine yourself until you have read every word. Quarantine is the March 2020 word of the month as a considerable number of people are needing to or being told to “self-isolate” for two weeks until they know for certain …

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Easter Sermon: “But Jesus is the Gardener”

Site-Manager · March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Rev Julian Duckworth | Reading: John 20:1-2, 11-18 Text: John 20:15-16 Jesus said to Mary, “Why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said, “Sir if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, …

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President’s Message: “A Generous Inefficiency”

Site-Manager · March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Rev David Moffat The modern reader encounters frequent difficulties in the Bible – the acceptance of slavery, the place of women, the angry God who commands the wholesale slaughter of his enemies. We often feel that ancient Biblical culture was so barbaric in comparison to our own. Yet in regard to their treatment of the …

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Where Life Begins “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

Site-Manager · March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Rev. Richard Keyworth “For you have formed my inward parts; you have covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are your works and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret, and skilfully …

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Identifying the Human Form

Site-Manager · March 25, 2020September 13, 2021

by Sarah Walker This short reflection is a response to some questions I was asked to consider for a recent college assignment as part of the diploma course I am undertaking with the Australian New Church College. The questions were related to the concept of humanity and in exploring the qualities of someone that is …