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“We each have a part, we each have a function, we each have a gift that in the context of community is beautiful.”

“It seems insane to me that this message of peace and sabbath is always at odds with a culture of busyness and preoccupation which typically surrounds Christmas lunches, family gigs and presents. But perhaps this contrast proves the point. After all, it’s this very human nature, this very human thirst for fulfilment and value, which soon dries up from endlessly achieving and calls out for living water.”

“It seems insane to me that this message of peace and sabbath is always at odds with a culture of busyness and preoccupation which typically surrounds Christmas lunches, family gigs and presents. But perhaps this contrast proves the point. After all, it’s this very human nature, this very human thirst for fulfilment and value, which soon dries up from endlessly achieving and calls out for living water.”

“At Activate I have begun to overcome my intense feelings of separation from God and my fellows. With Activate, the door is always open as God, I believe, intended it”.

“As James continues in James 2:17, ‘So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.’ It’s one thing for our political leaders to offer ‘thoughts and prayers’ during a bushfire, but when they refuse to address the root cause of why the fires are more intense, more devastating than ever, then their ‘thoughts and prayers’ are dead and useless.”

“How do we achieve community in our modern world?.. I believe it’s how we live out his values that speak the loudest. Embracing and practically helping the people around me (no matter how uncomfortable this may be), responsibly caring for our planet and self-care (Love others as you love yourself). These may well be some good places to start.”

“I have learnt that everything God does defines what love is, not merely that God is loving or lovely. And if God is love and I am made in this Divine image, then perhaps I am also defined by how I love? This amazing love, continually transforming me, freeing me, finding me! More love please!”

“I have taken the word, like a smooth stone found in shallow water, and carried it with me. I slip it in my pocket, feeling its weight as I go about my day, touching its surface when I remember it’s there. It’s comforting to have, to keep. I use it.”

“I think for most of us, it’s much harder living a selfless life for people and things that don’t personally affect or relate to our lives. However, God calls us to love others just as much as we love and care about ourselves (Galatians 5:14, 1 Peter 3:8).”

“Unity, walking together, has a proactive element – listening, learning, empathising and then acting. It is the idea that your experience of exclusion, injustice and non-acceptance is my problem, mine to address in my own behaviour and mine to help solve in the community, culture and systems that I’m a part of.”