An Obadiah Slope Column Peter Catt was pleasantly surprised at General Synod: The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt, Dean of St Johns Cathedral in Brisbane has found himself writing approvingly of the atmosphere of the Anglican national church parliament –… Continue Reading
Mike Southon of Freedom for Faith on their campaign against a Tassie conversion bill. One week into the campaign against the Tasmanian Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill, MPs are already hearing from concerned Tasmanians. More than 450 people have… Continue Reading
At the end of a very bad week of alleged sexual asaults by school students and Swans players there’s been some insightful commentary from Christian ministers. Here’s three, a Baptist, a Uniting and an Anglican with good points to make.… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall When I first met my (Filippino) wife, I was surprised to discover she was Conservative Evangelical rather than Roman Catholic, the former a tiny minority in the “Land of a Thousand Islands” (actually 7641 islands). Biblical Christianity has… Continue Reading
A letter from Archbishop Jeremy Greaves to his clergy: ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIAThe Archbishop of BrisbaneThe Most Reverend Jeremy Greaves KCSJ 20 August 2026Ad Clerum re Use of Cathedral in STAN reality TV show Dear sisters and brothers, On behalf… Continue Reading
In a world where sloganeering replaces argument, a serious critique of the diocese one attends as a Sydney Anglican is welcome, despite – actually, because – it questions a deeply embedded practice. Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality by… Continue Reading
Morning Star News Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99-percent Muslim country… Continue Reading
From the Two Pennies Facebookers He was supposed to be a caretaker pope. A placeholder. The cardinals thought he had a year or two in him at most. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born in 1881 in a village near Bergamo,… Continue Reading
Filming of scenes for a controversial online show ‘Turned On: Dirty, Sexy Money’ at Brisbane’s Anglican Cathedral has drawn a shocked reaction after Collective Shout campaigner Melinda Tankard Reist posted about it. Making the point that the series is “part… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Many years ago my young family and I had a farm stay holiday on Hugh Fraser’s Mohair Goat farm near Inverell. Hugh and his wife were lovely, and he kindly gifted me with a high quality Leatherman in… Continue Reading