Guest commenter Lance Lawton argues that placing LGBTQIA persons at the heart of a wider doctrinal dispute raises the issue of “why now?” So now we have a parallel Anglican jurisdiction in Australia, called the Diocese of the Southern Cross.… Continue Reading
How should people not on board with the aims of “wear it a purple day” respond when it comes to your school? It is coming soon. Wear it Purple Day is August 26 in 2022. Your school might ask students… 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
Tracking discrimination: one of the marks of racism in the US was the engrained habit of banks to “redline” certain districts where they would not lend for mortgages. You guessed it: these were the places where black people lived. Driving… Continue Reading
The big news coming out of a gathering of hundreds in Canberra for GAFCON (Global Anglicans) is the launch of a new diocese (region) to serve Anglicans in places in Australia where the existing dioceses support blessing same-sex civil marriages.… 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
Longing for heaven: My father used to say “ if you listen properly to music you will get what it means.” He was an intensely musical man. I am not. As the least musical member of the family it rarely… 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