Charles Brammall As an adolescent, we always had New Year’s Eve with dear friends at their home perched high like an eyrie on the edge of a Lane Cove cliff. It proffered a panoramic vista of picturesque (and yes- picaresque:… Continue Reading
This year’s Christmas in the UK was marked by a controversy after right-wing leader Tommy Robinson (pictured) made headlines organising a carol service to “put Christ back into Christmas”. Robinson is the pseudonym for Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, a man who has… Continue Reading
Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) The U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State–linked militants in Nigeria on Christmas Day represent a notable escalation in an insurgency that Nigeria’s military has struggled to contain for more than a decade. While the tactical fallout… Continue Reading
Morning Star News SURABAYA, Indonesia, December 23, 2025 ( As police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 14 formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, according to local media. Muslims from outside Jayasampurna village, Serang… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The Ultimate NDA: Obadiah appreciates good irony. The Anglican Samizdat site in Canada reports on the ultimate Non-disclosure agreement. The Anglican church in Canada has held a couple of meetings to discuss banning the use of… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Let me begin with an animal, because Christmas make more sense when we stop pretending we are above the rest of creation, or somehow exempt from the way absence quietly orders the world. Animals, after all, do not… Continue Reading
Kanishka Raffel, Sydney Anglican Archbishop – pre and post Bondi messages Archbishop Raffel has released a new version of his Christmas message post Bondi. This year, a pall of darkness was cast over Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The… Continue Reading
In the spirit of Ahmed el Ahmed, one of the Bondi heroes, the Mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, Bilal El-Hayek, with his council, has closed the Al Madina Dawah centre in Bankstown. The prayer hall, associated with a controversial cleric, Wissam… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall: From Sculpture to Sirens: Church, and Love’s Holiness My lovely, nearly 80-year-old cousin is Jewish. She grew up Protestant, then married a lovely Jewish chap, and converted. They have raised their three children as Jews- it is inherited… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall When I was going through Bible college, I nearly became a Presbyterian minister instead of an Anglican one. It seemed to me they both had advantages. True story: In the early 20th century, a Presbyterian lady was summoned… Continue Reading