AFTER PENTECOST July 2022
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
There is a season on the Christian Lectionary Calendar that is called ‘After Pentecost’. I like the sound of that. It reminds me that we live in the time ‘after Pentecost’, which means we live in the times after the Holy Spirit came upon the early followers of Jesus and gave them greater courage and faith. As ‘After Pentecost’ people, we can live with courage and faith too, because we know
Here is the Moderator’s Easter Message for 2022.
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God bless you and your loved ones this Easter Season.
~ Tony
MODERATOR’S EASTER MESSAGE APRIL 2022 “RESILIENCE”
How are you? Are you well ?
Nhamirri nhe? Nhamirri nhuma? Nyuntu
We have a Peace Lily plant on our balcony. Margie brought it home as a small plant about 4 years ago, I re-potted and fertilised it and it grew and grew and grew. It gave us a beautiful flower; and a bit later another one; and then another one. This big healthy plant looked like it was doing well . . . and then it just started to shrivel up and it eventually died.
STEVE BRANDT March 2022
The year was 1982. The Darwin Young Adults group was doing a Theatre Restaurant as a fund-raiser. We had practised for weeks. On the night, we
(Thinking about Kumanjayi Walker and Constable Rolfe)
I am feeling deeply distressed. Many people have expressed their feelings of distress to me since yesterday’s ‘Not Guilty’ verdict. I am compelled to comment. So I write.
The verdict in the Rolfe trial regarding Kumanjayi Walker’s death, has raised emotions again and split public opinion. My distress comes from thinking about Kumanjayi’s family and community; thinking about the Warlpiri
We are happy to announce that there are two new pages on this website.
In the conversational and narrative style that he is known for, our Moderator, Rev Tony Goodluck, is writing a regular letter to the people of the Northern Synod and also sharing some stories of some of our people.
You can find these by clicking on the pages to the right. One is called Moderator’s Letters and the other is called Some of our Stories / Some of our