A week of reading: an occascatch-uptch up Mothers: Blogger Jessica Harvey took some stats I shared on motherhood this week, and built a celebration of mothering around them. She suggests that bringing children into the world and shaping them is so… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Full orbed splendour: Never one to follow the trendy crowd, Ridley Melbourne’s Academic Dean and author Michael Bird (speaking for himself, Obadiah is sure) has declared himself to be a constitutional monarchist. And quite coincidentally, Obadiah’s… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles, former Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, is moving to Cincinnati in the US alongside fellow Australian Ken Ham in running Answers in Genesis, a large creationist ministry. “I am delighted to announce that I have been… Continue Reading
Mother’s Day is a big event in some families, and one can dispute its origins: a clever marketing exercise to sell stuff, or a new version of Mothering Sunday, a church tradition. It used to be held on the fourth… Continue Reading
The Julie Roys website, which chronicles the many sins of many churches, has published a list of sins or evasions that Hillsong Church is said to be following. “Australian megachurch Hillsong, facing leadership scandals and allegations of financial misdeeds, has… Continue Reading
UPDATE: The ABC reports “In a statement released on Friday, Dr Hollingworth said he had returned his permission to officiate, “commonly granted to retired priests, allowing me to conduct services at my local parish as well as marriage, funerals and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Writing from jail: an Anglican minister Mark Coleman, tells readers of the Church Times that he is in prison for his Christian beliefs. Was it for taking a stand on same-sex marriage? Walking through a demonstration… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek commends the SECOND verse of the British patriotic hymn, “I Vow to Thee my Country” And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago,Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;We may… Continue Reading
A survey of the last census by the Christian Research Association (CRA) has uncovered hundreds of pages of facts. But, in this story, we simply highlight the stuff that caught our eye. (The CRA report is called Australia’s Religious and… Continue Reading
Bunda is a town on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, about the size of a large regional city in Australia like Dubbo or Orange. It is home to Banda Bible College, where last week, Archbishop Kaniska Raffel… Continue Reading