Chaplains’ Chat

This Term in Chapel, we are supporting Anglicare’s Toys N’ Tucker Appeal to give food and toys to those in Sydney who don’t have much this Christmas time. The basis of giving to others springs from the understanding that all people are valuable, important and are worthy to be loved. Therefore, seeing others in need should cause us to think outwardly and act generously where we can to help others. It reflects the generous loving God of the Bible, who has acted graciously to all people with the sending of Jesus into the world.

In Chapel this week, we reflected on how Jesus himself was gracious to a crowd of four thousand people who were hungry. These people who were following Jesus were a long way from their homes and local shops, and yet Jesus generously and miraculously provided for them. They were satisfied with abundance. This same Jesus is the one who graciously provides for all people, not only with his coming to earth but ultimately with his death on the Cross for our forgiveness. It is the wonderful Christmas message of the coming of the Saviour that reflects the generosity of a loving God. It calls us to not only love God in return but also those around us as well.

Rev Anthony Benn
Chaplain