September 17, 2021
I was watching ABC’s Foreign Correspondent recently about refugees crossing the Mediterranean from Africa, trying to reach Europe through Italy and Malta. Both countries have taken the decision to ignore […]
September 11, 2021
I recently spoke with someone who was genuinely bewildered about why anyone would bother to come to church. ‘There’s nothing there of any interest’ I was told. I listened to […]
September 4, 2021
In recent critiques over the chaotic and disgraceful withdrawal from Kabul and Afghanistan by the Western powers, one of the many reflections is the belief so many Afghani people have […]
August 28, 2021
I think the first time I went out to march in protest, was when Western governments were seeking to justify war in Iraq and Afghanistan, to make the world safe, […]
August 20, 2021
The choice of words and direction of the debate Jesus is having with his followers described in John 6:56-69 are confronting and difficult to digest. There is no way we […]
August 7, 2021
In Australia, we call it the ‘tall poppy’ syndrome, where individuals who are thought by their neighbours to have too big a sense of their own worth compared to others, […]
July 31, 2021
This week I have had several conversations about the unfairness of life and the dreadful tragedies which overtake some people while others seem to live charmed lives. I saw a […]
July 24, 2021
I was reading this week the story of Marcus Rashford, the English soccer player in the national team, in the wash-up of the Euro 2020 finals and the dreadful racist […]
July 10, 2021
Some people still say today, politics and religion don’t mix, the two should be kept separate and as a Christian I apparently have no right to have a faith opinion […]