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2024
- Eternity News (January 19, 2024): 'What does Aboriginal Sunday mean to you?', Bianca Manning
- Hope 103.2 (January 19, 2024): 'Aboriginal Sunday – An Opportunity to Listen and Learn', interview with Bianca Manning
2023
- Eternity News (November 24 2023): Top ten Advent resources for 2023.
- Finding Hope Podcast interview with Safina Stewart (12 October 2023): Navigating Life as an Aboriginal Christian Woman
- Inverse Podcast (October 6): 'Yes and...' with Gershon Nimbalker and Safina Stewart
- Sight Magazine (1 September 2023): Time to listen to the "Deep and resounding call for justice", Gershon Nimbalker
- Melbourne Anglican (1 September 2023): Faith leaders urge Christians to side-step public noise on Voice
- Melbourne Anglican (11 April 2023): Christians offered Indigenous Voice advocacy training
- Anglican Focus (30 January 2023): Common Grace calls Christians to vote 'yes' for Voice and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice
- Insights (30 January 2023): Common Grace calls Christians to vote Yes for Voice and First Nations justice
- Rhema Radio: Miromaa For Life - Safina Stewart speaking with Aunty Donna Miromaa in the lead up to Jan26.
- Eternity News (20 January 2023): What is Aboriginal Sunday?
- Hope 103.2 (20 January 2023): Aboriginal Sunday: Day for Churches to Act in Solidarity with Aboriginal Peoples
2022
- The Melbourne Anglican (27 October 2022): Christians set sights on meaningful action ahead of climate summit
- The Melbourne Anglican (5 July 2022): Christians must push for change for Indigenous people: Common Grace
- Eternity News (15 June 2022): Common Grace names respected changemaker as National Director
- Hope 103.2 interview with Common Grace Creation and Climate Justice Coordinator Jane Kelly: Loving Your Neighbour with your Vote
- The Melbourne Anglican (27 January 2022): Vicar calls for permanent state of repentance over treatment of Indigenous peoples
- Sight Magazine (21 January 2022): Aboriginal Christian leaders call for nation to take part in 'Change the Heart' prayer service on eve of Australia Day
- Eternity News (19 January 2022): HEARTS BEING CHANGED AS CHANGE THE HEART CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
2021
- Sight Magazine (28 April 2021): Wow!: Australian project celebrates women's voices in theological education
- Mirage (03 April 2021): Political leaders and grief-stricken parents share Easter Sunday messages of hope
- Eternity News (04 March 2021): AUSTRALIA'S NEW WAVE OF WOMEN BIBLE SCHOLARS
- Eternity News (12 February 2021): HELP FOR YOUR LENTEN JOURNEY THIS YEAR
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- The Lydia Project podcast (27 November 2021): Episode 80: Brooke Prentis
- Sydney Morning Herald (10 November 2021): Too hot for ceremony: climate is fast changing for First Peoples and it's not our 'Australian way'
- Sight Magazine (06 August 2021): Australian Christian leaders say government move to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, including reparations, doesn't go far enough
- ABC News On Nightlife with Suzanne Hill (30 May 2021): This Mortal Coil: Jon Owen and Brooke Prentis on reconciliation
- Eternity News (19 May 2021): COMMON GRACE INVITES AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS TO UNITE FOR A 'SEASON OF HEALING COUNTRY'
- Insights Magazine (30 April 2021): YOUNG PEOPLE CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE-LED SOLUTIONS THAT GUARANTEE LAND RIGHTS AND CARE FOR COUNTRY
- Bendigo Advertiser (26 January 2021): Bendigo's Captain Cook statue gets a 'Change the Date' Australia Day addition
- Eternity News (14 January 2021): STEP BACK FROM #CHANGETHEDATE AND CHANGE THE HEART INSTEAD, SAY ABORIGINAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS
- Insights Magazine/events (January 2021): 2021 #CHANGETHEHEART PRAYER SERVICE
Creation & Climate Justice
- God Forbid, ABC (12 December 2021): The hot potatoes of 2021
- Soul Search, ABC (12 December 2021): How's your soul? A look back at 2021
- Anglican Focus (01 November 2021): Celebrating #WearTheScarf
- Coast Community News (27 October 2021): Women knit scarves for climate action
- Eternity News (21 October 2021): CHRISTIANS INSPIRE AUSSIE POLITICIANS TO WEAR 'CLIMATE SCARVES' TO PARLIAMENT
- Sight Magazine (19 October 2021): Australia Christians knit scarves to deliver a message on climate emissions
- The Leader (13 October 2021): Engadine church members knit scarves for MPs ahead of UN climate change conference as ScoMo decides whether to attend
- Religions for Peace Australia (07 October 2021): Faith Action towards COP26
- The Natural Philosopher with Dr Mick Pope podcast (06 September 2021): Episode 50: A Home for All Part 2 - Season of Creation with Brooke Prentis
- The Natural Philosopher with Dr Mick Pope podcast (30 August 2021): Episode 49: A Home for All Part 1 - Season of Creation with Brooke Prentis
- Canberra Times (21 June 2021): Why I'm knitting for Climate Action
- Western Advocate (18 June 2021): Scarves that show the urgent need for action
- Mirage (18 June 2021): Canberra Baptist Church Wears Scarf For Climate
- Eternity News (18 June 2021): THIS SCARF WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD
- Life Matters (28 May 2021): Knitted together in a common cause
- Insights Magazine (27 May 2021): YOUTH LEAD THE UNITING CHURCH TO THE CLIMATE STRIKE
- Insights Magazine (23 April 2021): YOUNG PEOPLE APPEAL FOR A POST-COVID RECOVERY THAT PROTECTS ALL FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Justice for People Seeking Asylum
- Sight Magazine (30 August 2021): Australian churches, Christian organisations launch campaign to resettle 20,000 Afghans
- The Australian (29 August 2021): Christian church leaders lobby Morrison government to boost Afghan refugee intake
- Eternity News (29 August 2021): 'CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR AFGHANISTAN' – ACL AND UNITING CHURCH LINE UP IN SUPPORT OF NEW CAMPAIGN
2020
- Eternity News (30 December 2020): They're female, lead Christian organisations, and 2020 has not squeezed the hope out of them
CEO Announcement
- Sight Magazine (29 May 2020): A voice for Jesus and justice
- Eternity News (29 February 2020): 'Common Grace new head’s vision of loving her neighbour'
- Mirage News (23 February 2020): World Vision welcomes three new board members
- Eternity News (14 November 2019): Aboriginal leader Brooke Prentis becomes Common Grace CEO
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- ABC News (1 September 2020): Wattle Day's supporters believe it could replace Australia Day as an inclusive symbol
- ABC Religion & Ethics (30 July 2020): “Original sins” and racial justice: What’s on the other side?
- Uniting Church VIC/TAS SYNOD : (06 July 2020): Indigenous kids taught all the wrong lessons
- Eternity News (10 July 2020): Five Practical Steps Christians Can Take to Support First Nations' Peoples
- Luke & Susie show (19 June 2020): Brooke Prentis CEO of Common Grace
- 89.9 the Light (14 June 2020): Clayton is joined by Brooke Prentis from Common Grace
- 89.9 the Light (04 June 2020): How Australia is impacted by #blacklivesmatter
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Insights Magazine (26 May 2020): Reflecting on Sorry Day
- The Bible for Normal People Podcast (24 May 2020): Brooke Prentis - Reading the Bible Through Aboriginal Eyes
- Others (May 2020 Issue): A voice for Jesus and justice
- Honi Soit (04 May 2020): Putting faith into action
- Eternity News (29 April 2020): Christian leader marks 250 years since Cook's 'first contact' with Aboriginal peoples
- Sight Magazine (05 February 2020): Postcards: in Sydney, a panel considers activism among evangelicals today
- Rheema Radio NZ: http://www.rhema.co.nz/shows/days/item/11996-australia-day
- Christianity Today (22 January 2020): 'What This Aboriginal Christian Wants to Tell the Church About the Australia Fires'
- Sight Magazine (22 January 2020): In Australia, church bells ring for #ChangetheHeart encouraging reconciliation in lead-up to national day
- Hope FM (19 January 2020): A Challenge to Aussies: Connect With Indigenous People and Attend an Event on January 26
- Hope FM (16 January 2020): Christians Called to “Change the Heart” of Australia Day in 2020
- The Tasmania Times (14 January 2020): Aboriginal Leader Calls for Reconciliation Truth in A-Day Lead-Up
- The Advocate (12 January 2020): Burnie Anglican Church seeks reconciliation with Tasmania's First Peoples
- The Bendigo Advertiser (27 December 2019): Christian movement seeking to change hearts about January 26
Climate Justice
- Eternity News (01 December 2020): Handknitted scarves tell story of a warming planet
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UCA Insights Magazine (1 October 2020): Uniting Church Supports Young People’s Call For A Safer Climate And A Strong Recovery
- mnnews.today (11 August, 2020): Tuesdays with Teresa: Peaceful Change
- UCA Insights Magazine (3 August 2020): Climate pastoral care conference provides ways to overcome climate anxiety
- UCA Insights Magazine (21 May 2020): The Voice for Climate Action
- UCA Insights Magazine (22 April 2020): COVID-19 won’t derail the synod climate strategy
- UCA Insights Magazine (08 January 2020): May you find blessing in unexpected ways
- Baptist Union of Victoria (07 January 2020): Prayer for Bushfires by Common Grace
2019
- The Brag (23 May 2019): 60 Christian leaders tell our Christian PM to sort his shit out
- ABC News (12 May 2019): Federal election 2019: Why Christians on the left are a growing voting bloc
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- Hope FM (29 October 2019): Tears of Joy and Sorrow as Uluru Climb is Closed: A Chat with Brooke Prentis
- SBS The Feed (15 July 2019): OPINION: A Truth Telling Commission – Not Constitutional Recognition – Is the next step for Indigenous Australians
- ABC The Religion and Ethics Report (10 July 2019): Role of Christianity in the indigenous cause
- PEACEtalks (29 May 2019): Brooke Prentis - Voice. Treaty. Truth – Q&A
- Hope FM (28 May 2019): We All Have a Part to Play in Indigenous Reconciliation, Says Aboriginal Christian Leader
- Sight Magazine (09 May 2019): Australia: treaty conference provides unique opportunity for a reconciling church
- ABC News (24 January 2019): Bianca Manning, Brooke Prentis and Helen Wright are guests on this week's Soul Search program.
- Eternity News (24 January 2019): Aboriginal Christians take the lead this weekend
Creation & Climate Justice
- NewsMail (18 November 2019): COLUMN: A prayer in a time of fire
- Hope FM (13 September 2019): Should School Students be “Striking” for the Planet? The Christian Case for Activism
- Anglican focus (29 July 2019): For whom the bell tolls
Domestic & Family Violence Justice
- Eternity News 25 November 2019): Reclaiming the Bible to protect women against domestic violence
Justice for People Seeking Asylum
- Eternity News (04 December 2019): Medevac repealed in a vote swung by secret deal with Senator Lambie
- Eternity News (26 August 2019): 'Save Medevac, Mr Morrison'
- Eternity News (04 February 2019): Final four kids to get off Nauru
2018
- Eternity News (09 July 2018): How Brooke Prentis learned to be 'fully Aboriginal and fully Christian'
- Eternity News (13 February 2018): More than just an 'ancient listicle'
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- Sight Magazine (17 December 2018): Call for Australian Christians to attend Aboriginal-led prayer services in lead-up to Australia Day
- ABC News (22 October 2018): Sydney Anglicans back down on proposal to ban Indigenous smoking ceremonies
- Eternity News (29 August 2018): Urgent call to end Aboriginal deaths in custody
- Ethos (23 May 2018): Does the hope for reconciliation lie with the Millennials?
- Sight Magazine (04 June 2018): Essay: asking the "hard questions" in the wake of national reconciliation week
- Eternity News (25 May 2018): Reconciliation: it’s all talk and no action
- Eternity News (4 April 2018): Aboriginal people do "community" differently
- Eternity News (13 February 2018): Ten years on from the national apology to the Stolen Generations
Creation & Climate Justice
- Sydney Informer (30 June 2018): Solar panel gift on Manly beach as Common Grace ask PM Tony Abbott to #acceptthegift of solar
Domestic & Family Violence
- Eternity News (25 May 2018): Reading the red flags of domestic violence
- Sight Magazine (27 February 2018): Family violence: how a new resource aims to help bring about a culture change in churches
Justice for People Seeking Asylum
- Sunshine Coast Daily (02 November 2018): 'People of faith cannot sit by': Prayer vigil for refugees
- Eternity News (02 November 2018): Believers unite for Nauru prayer vigil
- Eternity News (03 September 2018): The issue that could lose ScoMo Christian support
- Eternity News (20 August 2018): The clock is ticking to get 119 children out of detention on Nauru
2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- Eternity News (03 June 2017): Remembering Mabo, 25 years on
- Eternity News (01 June 2017): Reconciliation: we need you
- Eternity News (27 May 2017): 'A referendum to remember'
Creation & Climate Justice
- Eternity News (09 October 2017): Anti-coal mining and abortion rallies draw the faithful
- UCA Insights Magazine (12 September 2017): FAITH LEADERS RALLY FOR CLIMATE ACTION
- Sunshine Coast Daily (08 August 2017): Why Sunshine Coast church groups fear climate change
- The Examiner (28 April 2017): Farmers urge government to embrace solar for the future
Domestic & Family Violence
- UCA Insights (28 November 2017): SAFER confronts domestic violence
- Eternity News (24 November 2017): New resources to help churches respond to domestic violence
2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
- HopeFM (29 July 2016): Racism in Youth Detention: Christian Aboriginal Leaders Speak Out
2015
Creation & Climate Justice
- Renew Economy (02 October 2015): 'Farmers accept gift of free solar panels that Tony Abbott rejected'
#Accept The Gift Delivery 2015
- Sydney Morning Herald: Government rejects gift of solar panels for Kirribilli House
- News.com.au: Christian group attempt to present the Prime Minister with solar panels for Kirribilli House
- Renew Economy: Abbott rejects Christian solar gift due to security concerns, cleaning costs
- Energy Matters: Abbott Government Rejects Solar Power System Gift
- Clean Technica: Australia’s Tony Abbott rejects solar panels, cites security concerns
- The Big Smoke: Dear PM, #AcceptTheGift of solar panels and do your bit to save the planet
- Junkee: Some lovely Nuns Bought solar panels ...
- The Australian: Kirribilli panels rejected on heritage grounds
- Herald Sun: Christian group attempt to present the Prime Minister with solar panels for Kirribilli House
2014
Creation & Climate Justice
- Crikey Inq (19 December 2014): 'World Medical Association urges climate change action as PM Tony Abbott gets a timely Xmas gift'
Common Grace Launch
- Eternity News (05 December 2014): New voice for Christians: “Common Grace”