Jonathan chats with Aunt Esme Bamblett about her long life of activism struggling for First Peoples' justice, and her involvement at the centre of contemporary processes of truth-telling and treaty-making in Victoria today. Listen here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pc9qb-1ae5ba2

How do we build relationships between the First and Second Peoples of these lands? What are some of the barriers which can stand in the way? Safina Stewart helps us begin to bring our series on colonisation closer to home with encouragements and challenges for everyone. Listen here: https://mannagum.podbean.com/e/ep-45-interview-building-relationships-between-first-and-second-peoples-with-safina-stewart/

A new episode of the MannaCast is now live! On this one we try to untangle a key topic for all Australian Christians: the role of Christianity in colonisation. Pithy appraisals won't serve us here, for the reality is sometimes much better and other times much worse than we might imagine. Listen here: https://mannagum.podbean.com/e/ep-44-christianity-colonisation-legacies-of-colonisation-pt-9/

What does the book of Job teach us about humanity? What is the value of the rest of God's creation? Given the extraordinary influence over nature granted to us by modern technology, how can we live in right relationship to all else God has made? In part one of a new series, Jacob addresses the first of these questions, laying the foundation for tackling the third in later installments. Read it here: https://mannagum.org.au/articles/Living-From-Mystery-Anthropology,-Ecology,-and-Technology-in-Job,-pt.-I

"To dine with Zacchaeus would be to eat the fruit of exploitation and oppression. My stomach revolts at the thought! ... If Jesus goes there, I will not follow. With all who see it, I mutter: ‘He’s gone in to stay with a sinful man.’" In our second article for autumn, Deb Storie leads into Luke 10, helping us to feel what it might have been like to witness Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus. What might we see afresh when imagine ourselves in the crowd? Read it here: https://www.mannagum.org.au/manager/?a=resource/update&id=457&selection=454

A new edition of Manna Matters is out now! In our first article for autumn, Jonathan breaks down the what, why, and how of grey water systems - in a changing climate, using and storing water effectively just makes sense, but it's not always straightforward. Read it here: https://mannagum.org.au/articles/Household-Water-Recycling