Do not turn your face away - Painting by Michael Donnelly features in Uniting Church Synod of VicTas Newspaper - "Crosslight"

Crosslight ⋅ September 7, 2014 (centre pages)

'Over the past few months our television screens and newspapers have been filled with appalling stories of brutality visited upon children – Palestinian children dying in the Gaza Strip; children butchered by members of the Islamic State; children trapped in Australian-managed detention centres with no hope of freedom; adults recalling the sexual abuse they endured as children in public hearings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse ; children kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremist group Boko Harem in Nigeria. Sometimes there are no words to express the pain in our hearts.

Michael Donnelly’s painting, A Bedtime Prayer painted in 1994 speaks into this current time. God does not turn God’s face away. We too must not turn our faces away. We hope that this painting, Michael’s words, Jennie Gordon’s prayer and the Moderator’s reflection will assist to guide you through this deeply troubled world.'

Find it at:

http://crosslight.org.au/2014/09/07/do-not-turn-your-face-away/