Martyn Iles, Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, refuses to participate in “Acknowlegement of Country” – a form of words that “plays respect” to First Nations people and their historical displacement. “I avoid saying the acknowledgement of country,” Iles… Continue Reading
Any new churches formed by people leaving the Anglican Church of Australia to join the new Diocese of the Southern Cross will be welcome to meet in their local Presbyterian Church building. Reflecting on the help Anglicans extended to the… Continue Reading
The media gets Anglicanism wrong – but it is so complicated Anglicans get it wrong too. The ‘“simple” story of an “Anglican split” with the formation of the new Diocese of the Southern Cross by the conservative Global Anglican Futures… Continue Reading
We are not Dorothy. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy says to her dog, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” But recent events suggest we Christians ARE in Kansas. What recent events? In the wake of the… Continue Reading
It’s not even a second-best solution: plans for an aboriginal cultural centre in the enormous “cutaway” under the hollow headland at Barangaroo on Sydney Harbour have been cancelled and the Museum of Sydney (MoS) space in the CBD has been… Continue Reading
The lead Bishop of the Australian Anglicans has stated that the Anglican Church of Australia affirmed that marriage is between a man and a woman at the church’s most recent General Synod. Archbishop Geoffrey Smith of Adelaide made this clear… Continue Reading
“Ron Sider was the first evangelical writer who opened my eyes to the whole gospel,” Tim Costello tells the Other cheek. “As a young 22-year-old reading his classic 1977 book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was both explosive… Continue Reading
Both sides of the human sexuality struggle in the Anglican communion are pushing their narrative as the Lambeth Conference of bishops winds down. While the numbers in the Anglican Communion clearly lie with the conservatives, progressive Anglicans push the theory… Continue Reading
This has a week when it is hard to tell the direction the world is moving in. Are we in the progressive universe where the arc of history points towards justice (as MLK once said), or is the universe that’s… Continue Reading
Fame at last: Obadiah Slope has made it to the Australian Literary canon – but not in a very nice way. This column is named after Obadiah Slope, the “odious evangelical” from the series of novels by Anthony Trollope that… Continue Reading