# Meditations

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### [In him all things hold together](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/in-him-all-things-hold-together)

17/11/2021

By
The Revd Dr Robert Derrenbacker

Contemplating the reign of Christ in a season of uncertainty

### [An Incongruous Unity](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/an-incongruous-unity)

26/10/2021

By
The Revd Professor Mark Lindsay

In two apparently contradictory celebrations, we are directed towards a shared truth – one that is needed more now than ever before.

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12/10/2021

By
The Revd Professor Dorothy Lee

"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well."

### [The Disappointment of the Apocalypse](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/the-disappointment-of-the-apocalypse)

29/09/2021

By
Dr Scott Kirkland

Something strange is happening to our language of freedom. Perhaps an opportunity is being lost.

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15/09/2021

By
The Revd Dr Chris Porter

"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" – Luke 23:34

### [By the rivers of Babylon](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/by-the-rivers-of-babylon)

31/08/2021

By
Dr Rachelle Gilmour

Before we wish that the downtrodden would temper their anger, or express it in a nuanced way, remember the words of Jesus: “first, take out the plank.”

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17/08/2021

By
Dr Peter Campbell

Why is music so intricately bound up with worship? What is it about music that affects us, and how should we make use of it as part of our own devotions?

### [A Change in Perspective](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/a-change-in-perspective)

02/08/2021

By
The Revd Dr Fergus King

We can often get bogged down thinking through the mechanics of Jesus’ miraculous meals, but what if we step back and see the miracle in John 6 anticipating the miraculous fact that the Eucharist has sustained millions on their journey through life?

### [Reconciliation must become a way of life](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/reconciliation-must-become-a-way-of-life)

07/06/2021

By
The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker

The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker reflects on the tragic discovery of 215 children’s graves at a former Indian Residential School in Canada.

### [On Speaking of Israel and Palestine](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/on-speaking-of-israel-and-palestine)

20/05/2021

By
The Revd Professor Mark Lindsay

With the conflict in the Middle East showing no signs of abating, care is needed in how we speak of it.

### [Theology of the Child](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/theology-of-the-child)

04/05/2021

By
Dr Scott Kirkland

Often children are spoken about as sites of hope. What might it mean to hope for a child beyond projecting imagined futures?

### [On Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann’s ‘Dadirri’](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/on-miriam-rose-ungunmerr-baumann’s-dadirri)

13/04/2021

By
Dorothy Lee and Garry Deverell

The Revd Professor Dorothy Lee and the Revd Dr Garry Deverell on Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann's invitation to white society to listen to Indigenous cultures.

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31/03/2021

By
The Revd Dr Fergus King

What Did Jesus Do? Eating with an Enemy?

### [The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/the-law-of-the-lord-is-perfect,-reviving-the-soul)

17/03/2021

By
Dr Rachelle Gilmour

Self-denial is about as popular as Old Testament law these days, despite how important self-denial has been in containing and avoiding infection during the pandemic.

### [Taste and See that the Lord is Good](/theological-school/news-and-media/meditations/taste-and-see-that-the-lord-is-good)

01/03/2021

By
The Revd Dr Chris Porter

A diet for our world of fear and uncertainty.

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