Apr 21 2019

PEACEtalks: Australia’s Problem with Intimate Partner Violence

Hear from Erin Martine Sessions on The Song of Songs and Australia’s Problem with Intimate Partner Violence.

Erin Martine Sessions is an Old Testament Academic, currently undertaking a PhD in The Song of Songs, the Domestic & Family Violence Justice Spokesperson for Common Grace, a poet and writer.

Resources:

When women speak: domestic violence in Australian churches from St Mark’s National Theological Centre.
Common Grace resources related to Domestic & Family Violence.

PEACEtalks. a monthly event (held on a Thursday or Saturday evening) hosted by Paddington Anglican Church aimed at serving the community by promoting and cultivating deep conversations about life, the world and everything. ‘PEACE’ stands for ‘political, ethical, artistic & cultural engagement’. Also on iTunes / Apple Podcasts by searching for PEACEtalks.

PEACEtalks: Bethlehem with love: Advent with Palestinian Christian Theology

Rev Katherine Rainger shares an invitation to “come and hear” and reflect on what it means to welcome Jesus while also being attentive to the experiences of Palestinian Christians in the land of his birth

PEACEtalks: Ins & Outs of the Body of Christ voices the church needs to hear

Hear from an exciting panel of speakers about what it’s like to be LGBTIQA+, have a disability, be multicultural, and Aboriginal, in God’s Family and in our churches

Climate Change, Theology and Resilience in the Pacific

Hear Rev Dr Seforosa Carroll exploring the importance of faith/theology in the Pacific and how it can be both a hindering and transforming agent of change. Also exploring the importance of Indigenous knowledge and wisdom as a source of resilience in a changing climate.