Where did you learn to swim? For me it was an indoor swimming pool out the back of Westfield Figtree in Wollongong.ย We lived near the beach, and we spent some school holidays with cousins at Beecroft who had a pool in their back yard,ย but mastering freestyle, backstroke, and later butterfly in an environment where I …
Rethinking the future of the Uniting Church
By Rod Benson The Uniting Church in Australia has undertaken many reviews and reorganisations since its inauguration in 1977, but few have matched the breadth or potential significance of the Act2 Project. Act2 is arguably the most consequential attempt in recent decades to reconsider the structures, governance, theological formation and mission of the national Church. …
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Katoomba Christian Convention and the changing ecology of Australian evangelicalism
Dawn mist in the Jamison Valley, Echo Point, 1935. Photo: Harry Phillips. Blue Mountains City Library. Rod Benson To arrive at Echo Point, Katoomba, for the first time is to discover that photographs have concealed the scale of the place. You approach through an ordinary mountain town, walk toward the edge of the plateau, and …
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