1700 years ago today, on June 19m 325, the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumneical council of the Christian Church. Why the Nicean Creed that eventually came from the council is so very important was explained Dr Andrew Leslie, the… Continue Reading
A note to the future: Anne Weeks posted this on her facebook and asked people to share. So why not? If I get dementia, I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live.… Continue Reading
OPINION Michael J. Christensen via Religion Unplugged. Please note this is an Opinion piece and alternative views are welcome at The Other Check. As fascism threatens to rise in America, a “soft theocracy” is already here — a system where… Continue Reading
No names, no identifying details but in a Sunday School of mostly church kids the teacher asked “what is a Christian?” And answer came their none. Which got me thinking – maybe we need a catechism. That’s a fancy word… Continue Reading
A eulogy by John Sandeman at the thanksgiving service for Sylvia Sandeman at Rosanna Baptist Church on Thursday June 12, 2025. Today, we farewell our big sister, aunt, and great aunt, Sylvia Ellen Sandeman. We are a complicated family, one… Continue Reading
The widely respected indigenous leader Aunty Jean Phillips was awarded a Medal of the Ordaer of Australia (OAM) in the latest King’s birthday honours. After decades of leadership, Phillips might be most widely known across the continent due to her… Continue Reading
“Just heavenly: Holy listings boom across Vic as churches sell up” is the headline in a Herald -Sun story about the market activity in buildings designed as churches. The Catholics are quoted as saying they rarely close and sell a… Continue Reading
An excerpt from Motherhood: How the gospel shapes our purpose and priorities by Jocelyn Loane There is a gap of nearly six years between our third and fourth children (twins) and our fifth. Some of this time was a planned… Continue Reading
A new survey released this week by the widely repected Pew Research organisation reveals that while “Christians remained the world’s biggest religious group,” … “Christians (of all denominations, counted as one group) did not keep pace with global population growth from… Continue Reading
Learning to be present: Journeying up and down to Melbourne for the last three months to visit my sister Sylvia in hospital, for a short time in rehab, and now preparing for her funeral, rotating in and out of those… Continue Reading