A bit of good news. In late 2019 [i.e. the before times] The ACT introduced a program that would release $632,811 in grants to help clubs across the ACT diversify their business models away from pokies.

As I’ve watched coverage and read things about the nonsense that happened at the US Capitol yesterday, I started to notice something surprising. The journalists, pundits and politicians seemed to reach for religious language to describe how they felt about what had happened.

Here’s a short overview of how Renew Online will work, and how you can get involved.

Every now and again a crisis hits us that forces us to ask, “do I really believe the gospel and, if so, what does it mean for how I live?” As I’ve talked with my friends across South-East Asia over the last couple of weeks it’s hard not to see the Corona virus as one of those. I want to offer some 500-year-old wisdom for how to get through the next few weeks.  

I’ve had a song stuck in my head all week. It’s the song that has been sung by millions of protesters in Hong Kong in recent days, Sing Hallelujah to the Lord.