Articles by Bishop Bill Wright

How to fix the church? IMAGE Aurora

How to fix the church?

June 02, 2018 Comments

Census results that show declining numbers of Christians always attract some comment. There’s a section of the community that positively delights in rushing to explain why the church, or often ‘religion’ itself, has had its day in an enlightened, scientific and liberal age.

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: How to fix the church? IMAGE Bishop Bill Wright

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: How to fix the church?

June 02, 2018

Census results that show declining numbers of Christians always attract some comment. There’s a section of the community that positively delights in rushing to explain why the church, or often ‘religion’ itself, has had its day in an enlightened, scientific and liberal age.

Sea of Possibilities IMAGE Aurora

Sea of Possibilities

May 05, 2018 Comments

‘Have you been here before?’ they all seem to ask, conscious that their corner of the world has not been high on the tourist bucket list. And I am revelling in being able to say ‘Yes, but not for 50 years.’ Papua New Guinea was even more remote from the jetset in 1968, but the schoolboy that I was then had indeed spent a fortnight or more on a tour with his father of the incipient banking industry of the soon-to-be nation. Many things I remember vividly.

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: Sea of Possibilities IMAGE Bishop Bill Wright

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: Sea of Possibilities

May 05, 2018

‘Have you been here before?’ they all seem to ask, conscious that their corner of the world has not been high on the tourist bucket list. And I am revelling in being able to say ‘Yes, but not for 50 years.’ Papua New Guinea was even more remote from the jetset in 1968, but the schoolboy that I was then had indeed spent a fortnight or more on a tour with his father of the incipient banking industry of the soon-to-be nation. Many things I remember vividly.

The Good News and the other news IMAGE Aurora

The Good News and the other news

April 07, 2018 Comments

Happy Easter! We are in Easter Week and it is the greatest of our Christian celebrations. The commemoration of Christ’s death and rising is the heart of our Christian faith.

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: The Good News and the other news IMAGE Bishop Bill Wright

BISHOP BILL WRIGHT: The Good News and the other news

April 07, 2018

Happy Easter! We are in Easter Week and it is the greatest of our Christian celebrations. The commemoration of Christ’s death and rising is the heart of our Christian faith.