A report in the ABC today that more Australians are likely to identify themselves by politics than by any other identity marker – including and especially religion – is no real cause for celebration. Annabel Crabb’s article points out that while most Australians, 71 per cent, think that “occasionally” or “most often” religious discrimination occurs in […]
Dear Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Greetings. May I first commend you on your impressive title. The general rule is the more tinpot the dictatorship, the more impressive the title. And yours is right up there. However I foremost want to write to congratulate you on your Facebook page announcement that says your […]
A-list celebrities who publicly announce that they have become Christians can be blamed for a lot of things. A lot of bad music, a lot of bad movies, a lot of bad fashion and a lot of bad relationships. One thing they can’t be blamed for however, is the demise of Christianity. One thing they […]
So there they were doing it the right way now. Those Christian crossover artists had learned how to do it in a hostile culture. At least if they wanted their career to survive. Carefully navigating the parking spaces of the entertainment industry. Backing in slowly between the lines. Making sure they didn’t roll over any […]
I now have access to the coveted Gold Lounge. I’m sitting here in the Gold Lounge at the Auckland airport, heading home from a conference, and it’s all hors d’oeuvres, funky drinks, comfy chairs, free everything, and peacefully quiet. Far from the madding aiport crowd. Gold Lounge access. Finally! I checked in on my iPhone […]
I’ve just finished speaking at a church planting Conference in Auckland. And it’s been a great chance to get to see what God is doing in those islands to the south of Australia. As I was encouraging them in the work of the gospel in New Zealand, my friend in Mozambique sent me this encouraging […]
I was attending my brother’s wedding a couple of years back, and we were just sitting down at our table, doing some recon about who was sitting near us, undertaking the obligatory introductions to people you’re going to have to sit with for five hours, and getting a first glass of red wine, before loosening […]
Okay, that’s click bait right there. But finally, two years after I turned fifty, two years after receiving (and losing) my first poo test, I submitted to the Government’s demands for two samples of my poo, and dutifully mailed it off to their labs. There’s something slightly rebellious about sending poo back to the Government, […]
We live in a world where actions can have consequences we could never have imagined, where guilt and shame are more at hand than ever, and where we have no means whatsoever of redemption. We do not know who could offer it, who could accept it, and whether it is a desirable quality compared to […]
Imagine a man who was a perpetrator of domestic violence allowing his wife to leave the family home with no threat of stalking, and with a generous pay-out to get her started up again. His only condition? Sign an NDA – a non-disclosure, or non-disparagement agreement. “Look,” he says to her, though she can’t even […]
