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From Bishop John

Letters, addresses, articles, presentations, encouragements and memoranda from Bishop
John Harrower

Addresses, letters, reflections, messages ...

25 February 2010: The Parliament of World Religions: Exploring the possibility of friendship
09 February 2010: Book Review: Signs Amid the Rubble:The Purposes of God in Human History (November 2004)
17 December 2009: Christmas Message 2009 - 'Enjoying God, enjoying life'
26 November 2009: AMS Christmas Message 2009
23 June 2009: BCA in Diocese of Tasmania - Partners in Mission
23 June 2009: BCA Prayer Diary Editorial Winter 2009
23 June 2009: Bishop's Presidential Address Synod 2009 updated
7 June 2009: Trinity Sunday Sermon at Holy Trinity Launceston
29 May 2009: Is euthanasia an acceptable way to ease suffering?
23 May 2009: Synod presidential address (PDF file)
12 May 2009: Pentecost 2009
10 April 2009: Sermon notes from Good Friday 2009
20 March 2009: Easter Message - What song shall we sing?
2 March 2009: Letter of Commendation
12 February 2009: Victorian Bushfire Reflection
Bushfire appeal donation form
24 December 2008:Bishops Christmas Message 2008
10 October 2008: Lambeth Conference Report
25 September 2008:Anglicare speech by Bishop John
23 May 2008: Synod presidential address (PDF file)
24 March 2008: Bishop's Easter message 2008: 'Breakfast is ready'
26 February 2008: Sermon at the ordination of Missioner Bishops Chris Jones and Ross Nicholson
25 December 2007: Bishop's Christmas message 2007: Progress towards peace
9 November 2007: Bishop's Special Synod Address
3 September 2007: Letter to the editor, The Mercury
18 August 2007: Pastoral letter from Bishop John
1 August 2007: Words that inspire us to change today
15 June 2007: Some questions from Tasmanian Synod 2007
2 June 2007: Presidential address to Synod 2007 (PDF file)
April 2007: A random act of kindness
February 2007: Learning from England and Wales - Vision for 2007
24 December 2006: Bishop's Christmas message 2006: What is peace, and where can we find it?
December 2006: Response to the first Fair Pay Decision
December 2006: 'Hallelujah, they're standing up for Jesus'
1 August 2006: Agreeing to Disagree
27 July 2006: Submission to the Fair Pay Commission (PDF file)
28 June 2006: Statement to workers rallies - June Week of Action 2006
June 2006: Why understand Muslims?
June 2006: Understanding another religion or culture
June 2006: Understanding the Islam and Christianity interface
27 May 2006: Presidential Address to Synod 2006 (PDF file)
28 April 2006: April is Autumn and Rainbow at Port Arthur
21 April 2006: ISCA National Conference 2006: Keynote address - What makes the difference? (PDF file)
21 April 2006: ISCA National Conference, 2006: Hijab or not hijab? with artist Gay Hawkes (PDF file)
20 April 2006: Clean Start - Fair deal for cleaners campaign - Statement of support from Bishop John Harrower
April 2006: Ready, Set, ACTION!
21 March 2006: Bishop's Easter reflection - 2006
February 2006: Courage
20 December 2005: O, you shouldn't have ... - Bishop's Christmas message 2005
December 2005: Christmas - 'God with us'
October 2005: Church and society - workplace relations
25 August 2005: Mission-Shaped Church: A New Context for the Network
August 2005: The Gathering 2005
6 June 2005: Letter to the Premier of Tasmania commending the government's response to the needs of survivors of child abuse in state care
3 June 2005: Bishop's Prayer Pilgrimage 2004
June 2005: He made peace in the midst of war: A reflection on Pope John Paul II's life of courage and Christian conviction
24 March 2005:
22 December 2004: 2004 - The Year of God? (but which God?)
12 December 2004: Address - St Luke's Richmond restoration and clock
November 2004: Book Review: Signs Amid the Rubble
4 October 2004: Apology for sexual abuse
14 August 2004: On flag poles and being up the wrong pole
14 May 2004: ahealthychurch.. transformingLIFE - Keynote Address Synod Launceston 14 May 2004
29 April 2004: A Christian response to domestic violence
6 April 2004: Easter message 2004
4 March 2004: Safe as churches?
February 2004: transformingLIFE (The Bishop's Vision for the Missionary Diocese of Tasmania) (PDF file)
Click here to read more about transformingLIFE.
18 December 2003: Bishop's Christmas Message
21 October 2003: Spong's echoless solitude - a response to John Shelby Spong
23 May 2003: Keynote address to Synod 2003
14 April 2003: Easter Message 2003
March 2003: God of life, God of light, God of love
28 February 2003: Banning physical punishment for children
13 February 2003: Crime of blasphemy
4 February 2003: Questions I have about war with Iraq
21 March 2003: St David's Cathedral, Hobart: Address at a service of prayer and support for Australian services' personnel deployed overseas
20 October 2002: At a service at St David's Cathedral, Hobart during the National Day of Mourning for the victims of Bali bombings of 12 October 2002
Not the way of Christ extracts 1998

Media releases

Many of our media releases contain statements by Bishop John. Recent statements include:

4 November 2005: Bishop raises WorkChoices legislation concerns
6 October 2005: Prayer for victims of Bali bombings
30 June 2005: 'I was in need and you gave me a place to work.'

Archived documents

The papers, presentations and addresses below are on an an archived version of the original diocesan site. If you have any problems with this please contact Peter Jerrim.
Pages from archived versions of the site are not listed on search engines such as Google.

Note: Pages below are on an old version of our website.

17 May 2002: Keynote address to Synod
Easter 2002: An Easter message from Bishop John
1 July 2001: Bishop's reflection - one of the bishop's monthly reflections in the Tasmanian Anglican; it relates to an article on mission and evangelism
27 June 2001: Speech at launch of God's Own Country? The Anglican Church and Tasmanian Aborigines
May 2001: Address to Synod (images and text from slide show presentation)
April 2001: WHAT DOES IT TAKE ... to stop domestic violence?
March 2001: BCA Address 2001 - What is contextualisation?
February 2001: Come fly with me - All Tasmanians committed to Jesus Christ
24 October 2000: Synod Keynote Address 2000 - Presentation/address to Synod

Bishop's reflections in the Tasmanian Anglican

'Bishop's reflection' was not published in the online version of 'Tasmanian Anglican' before March 2002.

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