# Love, Rinse, Repeat: Gondwana Theology

> The God made known in the stories of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures is a God who was sojourning with our people, here in this country, long before the calling of Abraham, or Moses, or St Paul.

By Liam Miller · 12 February 2019 · Features

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/love-rinse-repeat-gondwana-theology/

> *The God made known in the stories of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures is a God who was sojourning with our people, here in this country, long before the calling of Abraham, or Moses, or St Paul. Our dreaming can be ‘read’ as a legitimate witness to that sojourning and should therefore be engaged as an equally rich source of revelation and guidance regarding the living of a human life that is good, beautiful and true”*
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In a special episode, co-presented with *Insights*, I sat down with Gary Worete Deverell to talk about his book, *Gondwana Theology*: *A Trawloolway man reflects on Christian Faith*. We talk about the material, fleshy nature of First People’s Spirituality and the building blocks of country, kin, and Dreaming. We engage the Dreaming and Genesis 1 – the present power of Creation narratives to shape the identity of those colonised; we also cover reconciliation, racism, mischievous spirits, what to preach on Trinity Sunday, and his letter to his First Nations sisters and brothers navigating the white church… plus, a bunch of liturgy talk!

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Garry is a Trawloolway man from northern Tasmania, an Anglican of Holy Orders who has ministered for 25 years. He has a PhD in liturgy and philosophical theology from Monash University. Garry is currently the vicar at St Agnes’ Anglican Church in Black Rock and a Turner Fellow at Trinity College Theological School, part of the University of Divinity. Find out more about Garry and his work **[here .](https://www.deverell.net/garry.html)**

**[Visit the Love, Rinse, Repeat website for more conversations.](https://www.loverinserepeat.com/)**

**Liam Miller is the Northern Hub Mission Resource Worker for the Sydney Central Coast Presbytery and a ministry candidate.**

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