By Tracy Simmons via Religion Unplugged More than 250 people packed the Kenworthy Performing Arts Center in Moscow, Idaho, [last] Friday evening for a live recording of “Sons of Patriarchy,” a podcast dedicated to exposing what its producers describe as… Continue Reading
One of the things I never asked my father was when he heard of the surrender by Japan on August 14, 1945, which ended World War II, when he was serving in North East India. Although he was an architect,… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall “Jesus to a Child”, 1996: “Kindness in your eyesI guess you heard me cryYou smiled at me like Jesus to a childI’m blessed I knowHeaven sent and heaven stoleYou smiled at me like Jesus to a childAnd… Continue Reading
As ministers as well as churches are now being required to conform to the traditional understanding of marriage as a “covenant relationship ordained by God as a lifelong faithful union of one man and one woman,” to remain in the… Continue Reading
By Geoff Folland Two centuries ago, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein gave the world an unforgettable image of scientific overreach: a man who creates life, only to abandon it. Today, in a world where artificial intelligence is writing sermons and generating theological… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall The Promised Land is presently an unholy mess, on fire. My cousin is Jewish. I love her. A lot. We spent 100s of hours playing together as younger people. She was raised in an Anglican home, Sunday School,… Continue Reading
Rev Emma Walsh, an accredited Baptist minister in Northern NSW, was interviewed about her theology last week by the Pastors Liaison Committee of the Baptist Association of NSW and ACT. Rev Walsh was asked whether she supports the denomination’s position… Continue Reading
A secret kept by the incoming Archbishop of Wales, Cherry Vann, will serve as a Rorschach test for the Anglican communion. The Rorchach psychological test involves presenting individuals with a series of ten inkblots, and asking them to describe what… Continue Reading
Mark McCrindle, founder and head of the McCrindle research company has been collecting data on Australians for two decades. The Other Cheek decided to find out what he has learned on that journey of discovery. 1. Mark, after twenty years… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column ### Funny bun: Archbishop Jeremy of Brisbane commits pun-ishment… and Obadiah notes the names of two other Bishops at least gave him a like. Giggling, no doubt! Tradition for sale: Spotted in the “preloved uniform shop… Continue Reading