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Anabaptists of NZ & Australia
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People in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand who share a passion for Jesus, community, and reconciliation, and who dream about and work for a more just and compassionate world. Find us: anabaptist.au
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Pair Amanda Gorman’s beautiful words with remembering to breathe and you’re halfway there.

With thanks to @anabaptistsaunz.bsky.social
We're racing through July - it's already week 3, which means Events & Actions.

Get the latest on Weaving Hope (including new special guest announcements), church planting, climate change adaptation, "A Different Way" exposure week, new topics for Third Way Thinking, and more.

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"Be Someone" - Houston, Texas
Art: Various
Photo: Charles Holt
“What did Jesus say about heaven? The answer is, very little..."

— Harvey Cox
"This imaginative book outlines a path that will appeal to people both inside and outside the church, those who have become disenchanted with dogmatic Christianity yet are not enchanted by a materialistic and secular approach to life..."

www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...
Something big* happened 30 years ago. We're celebrating that milestone this year - and looking ahead. Stay tuned for opportunities to share memories, ideas, and more, as we look back with joy, and forward with hope.

*AAANZ was founded (as a network) in 1995. But maybe you knew that already!
The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible

"Finally! A comprehensive, thought-provoking, devotionally-focused Children's Bible that addresses underrepresented themes. With great illustrations too!"
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It's the first Wednesday in July - that means your mailing is Food for the Soul. Plus we're kicking off some looking back over the last 30 years, and some looking forward with hope and curiosity.

Check your inbox or read online: anabaptist.au/aaanz-mailin...
"Paul convinced me that many of my prayers are too anthropological. My prayers too easily go straight to intercessions or to confessions, things I want God to correct in other people or in me..." upperroombooks.com/book/because...

― Max O. Vincent
Ever listened to the Fresh Expressions podcast?
Jesus made the mission really simple: go make disciples. The goal of Fresh Expressions is to inspire churches to take hold of that mission right where they are.

freshexpressions.com/category/all...
"The Dinner Church movement is not happening in a cultural vacuum; there is a reason why it is rebirthing now. We would do well to place these Jesus Tables, which are springing up all around the West, into some larger realities..."
Something Pragmatic is Happening — Dinner Church Collective
The Dinner Church movement is not happening in a cultural vacuum; there is a reason why it is rebirthing now. We would do well to place these Jesus Tables, which are springing up all around the West,…
www.dinnerchurch.com
This work is by Gail Mabo, daughter of Eddie Mabo and a leading Torres Strait Islander artist. Torres Strait Islander artists have been producing prints since the early 1980s.

Original post by National Gallery of Australia, Canberra:
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This war is illegal, immoral, and could be disastrous on a level that’s even hard to comprehend. It’s a copy of the Iraq War with even more combustible conditions.

If Trump pushes us into this war we must engage in mass collective action to stop it.

jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/no-war-avo...
NO WAR: Avoiding Disaster at the End of Empire
We must avoid this unnecessary and cruel war.
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