Articles
Introducing Panpsychism and God
Panpsychism and God: Discovering a Living Universe Panpsychism suggests consciousness is not a late product of evolution but present throughout reality. From atoms to galaxies, all things carry experience. This vision transforms how we see both the cosmos and God—not...
Awake my soul
Awake my Soul My soul has slept too long in small rooms, dreaming of walls. But dawn is breaking — not only on the horizon, but in me. Awake, my soul. For life is not a circle that closes— it is a river, a spiral, a widening dance. I rise. The stars are burning. The...
Finding Awe and Wonder in the Stages of Faith
Rediscovering a Childlike Spirit in an Adult Stage of Faith There's a strange paradox in the spiritual life - grown-up religion can learn much from the faith of children. Children possess a natural openness to mystery, embracing what they hear from trusted adults with...
Leaving behind the lonely mind
Leaving Behind the Lonely Mind For centuries, people have carried around two very different versions of loneliness. In the Christian imagination, before the Big Bang God is pictured as a great solitary mind, sitting alone in eternity, waiting for company. In the...
Prayers on the Mind of God
A Prayer of Opening to the Sacred Mind of God Mind of all minds, Source from which all awareness flows, From the trembling of a quark to the dreaming of galaxies, you are present. We open ourselves to the deep consciousness of God. You are not bound to the fixed and...
The Hidden Riches of Growing Older
Embrace The Hidden Riches of Growing Older In much of Western culture, ageing is often seen as something to resist, disguise, or deny. Few leap out of bed each morning with a joyful cry, "Hooray, I'm older than yesterday!" Yet, while the passing years inevitably bring...
Evolutionary Christianity: Faith for a Sacred, Evolving World
Evolutionary Christianity - Exploring a Sacred, Evolving Faith In every generation, Christians have sought to understand the Gospel in the language of their time. Today, we live in an age shaped by scientific discovery, global interconnection, and a deepening...
A Prayer of Opening to the Sacred
A prayer of opening to the Sacred God of creation, you are the Source of all that evolves, From the smallest spark to the vast cosmos unfolding. We open ourselves to your sacred presence. You are revealed not in static forms, but in the flow of life, in the constant...
Lie down in the Changing
Lie Down in the Changing Lie down in the Changing. Let the earth turn beneath you and make no demand of it. Let the world be strange, and holy in its strangeness. Breathe with the trees. Breathe with the tide. The world is not waiting for your certainty. It is already...
History
A History of the Stonnington Community Uniting Church The Stonnington Community Uniting Church is a union of many Churches. The most recent union, in 2015, being that of Ewing Memorial Church and the Serrell Street Uniting Church. Bringing together the churches, has...
