Anabaptists of NZ & Australia

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And He began to teach them.

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Planning an Anabaptist Bible | Anabaptist World It will be a “people’s Bible” that, if recruiting is successful, will draw on the work of 500 small groups of laypeople who will write marginal notes and commentary.

Do you know about the Anabaptist Community Bible?

The project involved hundreds of people over a number of years - and the end result is now available to purchase.

#ScienceAndFaith

"The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it." ― Amanda Gorman

Pair Amanda Gorman’s beautiful words with remembering to breathe and you’re halfway there.

With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social

We're racing through July - it's already week 3, which means Events & Actions.

Get the latest on Weaving Hope (including new special guest announcements), church planting, climate change adaptation, "A Different Way" exposure week, new topics for Third Way Thinking, and more.

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"Be Someone" - Houston, Texas
Art: Various
Photo: Charles Holt

“What did Jesus say about heaven? The answer is, very little..."

— Harvey Cox

Forward with hope – the future of AAANZ – Anabaptist Association of Australia & New Zealand The AAANZ weekly mailings throughout those months will include looks back, looks forward, ideas to think about, photos, history, and more. The information from those mailings will be added here week…

AAANZ turns 30 this year! Every week in our Wednesday mailings, we're looking back or forward, as part of our celebration. We'll add each week's segment to the blog post here:

"This imaginative book outlines a path that will appeal to people both inside and outside the church, those who have become disenchanted with dogmatic Christianity yet are not enchanted by a materialistic and secular approach to life..."

www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...

Something big* happened 30 years ago. We're celebrating that milestone this year - and looking ahead. Stay tuned for opportunities to share memories, ideas, and more, as we look back with joy, and forward with hope.

*AAANZ was founded (as a network) in 1995. But maybe you knew that already!

The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible

"Finally! A comprehensive, thought-provoking, devotionally-focused Children's Bible that addresses underrepresented themes. With great illustrations too!"
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Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku - Tony Medina

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It's the first Wednesday in July - that means your mailing is Food for the Soul. Plus we're kicking off some looking back over the last 30 years, and some looking forward with hope and curiosity.

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"Paul convinced me that many of my prayers are too anthropological. My prayers too easily go straight to intercessions or to confessions, things I want God to correct in other people or in me..." upperroombooks.com/book/because...

― Max O. Vincent

Ever listened to the Fresh Expressions podcast?
Jesus made the mission really simple: go make disciples. The goal of Fresh Expressions is to inspire churches to take hold of that mission right where they are.

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Amen

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Something Pragmatic is Happening — Dinner Church Collective The Dinner Church movement is not happening in a cultural vacuum; there is a reason why it is rebirthing now. We would do well to place these Jesus Tables, which are springing up all around the West,…

"The Dinner Church movement is not happening in a cultural vacuum; there is a reason why it is rebirthing now. We would do well to place these Jesus Tables, which are springing up all around the West, into some larger realities..."

This work is by Gail Mabo, daughter of Eddie Mabo and a leading Torres Strait Islander artist. Torres Strait Islander artists have been producing prints since the early 1980s.

Original post by National Gallery of Australia, Canberra:
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NO WAR: Avoiding Disaster at the End of Empire We must avoid this unnecessary and cruel war.

This war is illegal, immoral, and could be disastrous on a level that’s even hard to comprehend. It’s a copy of the Iraq War with even more combustible conditions.

If Trump pushes us into this war we must engage in mass collective action to stop it.

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"Asking about how power functions in unseen ways only highlights how, for many, power goes unnoticed until there has been an egregious breach of trust. And in recent years, there have been innumerable breaches in church contexts..."

www.christianitytoday.com/2024/01/trut...

#WorldRefugeeDay

Image: AP, Olmo Calvo

#WhoIsMyNeighbour #UnMakeUnJustSystems

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"I do it all for the gospel and for the hope that I may participate with everyone who is blessed by the proclamation of the good news."

1 Corinthians 9:22 - 23, The Voice translation