Opening the pathways to study theology
Cost and time are two of the biggest barriers that often prevent people from doing further study.
Pilgrim bids farewell to class of 2017
Pilgrim Theological College rounded off the academic year last week with a valedictory service to farewell those who had completed or were completing an award, as well as one candidate who was exiting for ordination as a
Uniting, horizons, and the surprising future
Transition – any number of us may be rather pleased if we never hear that word again.
Always on the Way
IT is the week after the 2017 Synod. Once again we were reminded in a number of reports and speeches from the floor that the Church is on a journey. We are a pilgrim people, ‘always on the way’.
Gospel truth
Review by SEAN WINTER Book | Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy | John Shelby Spong In this typically lively and provocative book, John Selby (Jack) Spong has come out of writing retirement to consider the origins of
Distinguished speaker to talk on disability and the church
Professor Amos Yong will be the headline speaker of the ‘Disability, Theology and the Church’ forum being held in August.
Learning patience
A good friend of mine died recently. We hadn’t seen each other for more than five years.
Candidates spread their wings
A desire to give candidates for ordained ministry the opportunity to experience life outside of the bubble of metropolitan Melbourne has led to rural ministry placements becoming part of students’ formation experience.
Candidates’ Tasmanian retreat
Candidates at Pilgrim Theological College and faculty staff spent five days in Tasmania last month experiencing ministry and the life of the Church in the island state.
Context and Contingency
Is there any theology that does not have a context? Is there any theology which can avoid a hermeneutic of suspicion? Clearly, the answer to both these questions is ‘no’.
Please disturb
Review by Bob Faser BOOK | DISTURBING MUCH, DISTURBING MANY: THEOLOGY PROVOKED BY THE BASIS OF UNION | GEOFF THOMPSON Since 1977, there have been numerous studies of the Basis of Union of the Uniting Church in Australia.