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Matthew 20.1-16 Many years ago, when I was slimmer, I used to perform this Gospel Reading with an assemble called Ludus. We would mime the process of each group arriving and then the picking of the grapes before turning on … Read More »
The Statement From The Heart – Myths, Realties and Yes! Rev. Canon A/Prof. Glenn Loughrey, Wiradjuri Sept 2023 We are a little over 4 weeks out from Referendum Day, the most significant vote of our lifetime. Since March I have … Read More »
If this is a process and we don’t know where it’s heading, how can we be sure the end result will be fair and just? This question is posed from the point of view of a non-indigenous person with the … Read More »
Here is a prose poem based Matthew 15:21-28 You Are Like Dogs
By Wiradjuri man, Rev Canon Associate Professor Glenn Loughrey – Chair, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council What power does the Voice to Parliament have? It is not a third chamber or an addition to the House of … Read More »
The referendum is not about the Voice as a stand-alone mechanism but the beginning of the process of Voice, Treaty, Truth, and Makarrata which was the method of Recognition agreed upon at all 12 dialogues held with elders and local … Read More »
Over the last 12 weeks, I have spoken to almost 6,000 people at 69 presentations and conversations ranging in size from 10 to 900 in places from Hobart to Wangaratta, Burnie to Trentham, and across the Melbourne Diocese. These have … Read More »
Recently on Facebook, I asked a couple of questions about God, the Acknowledgements of country, and the Promised Land on this platform. Stan Grant in the excerpt from his new book The Queen is Dead (HarperCollins, $34.99), on sale May … Read More »
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are not people. We are not persons. We are not equal to those who came later, and we are not seen by them as existing in their worldview. We are persona nullius. Not a … Read More »