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Meeting moral injury

Posted on 11/06/2026 by John Sandeman
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Book Review Unexpected Poison: Betrayal and Moral Injury in the Workplace, If you have left a workplace suffering a deep sense of failure or injustice, you might have suffered a moral injury. Dr Mark Layson, who has been a police officer on the beat, then… Continue Reading →

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The Older Brother Says Sorry

Posted on 08/06/2026 by Adam Burt
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Adam Burt There is a line I have heard a lot, and it’s starting to irritate me. Gen Z have it easy. You were born with the internet, smartphones, & streaming services. Endless information. Better mental health language. More choice,… Continue Reading →

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Nearly a third of Christian leaders have a friendship drought: here’s how to bring relationship rain

Posted on 19/05/2026 by John Sandeman
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China Aid News via Religion Unplugged Multiple studies show that over a third of Christian leaders lack close friendships, and Christian Think Tank Publica is anxious to help. They are running an event in Melbourne called “Friendship Lab” – it’s… Continue Reading →

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The four judgments of God: Mercy triumphs over justice

Posted on 09/04/2026 by Charles Brammall
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Charles Brammall In 1994, in a small Rwandan town, a lady called Immaculée Ilibagiza hid in a 3 x 4 foot bathroom in a pastor’s house with seven other women, for 91 days, during the Genocide. Outside, neighbours, and people she had grown up… Continue Reading →

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How can Christians succeed? Greg Sheridan’s answer is to look to the early Christians

Posted on 29/08/2025 by John Sandeman
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Stan Grant and Greg Sheridan sat down to discuss “How Christians Can Succeed Today,” Sheridan’s new book, in the Art Deco Splendour of the lounge at Mosman’s Hayden Orpheum theatre. The event drew representatives of what Sheridan jokingly called the… Continue Reading →

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A good news story – Mission Australia

Posted on 21/08/2025 by John Sandeman

Deep in the middle of Amos at church, the subjects of mercy, justice and care for the vulnerable have come up at church. So it was a good opportunity to interview a member of the 9 am congregation, Ian Hammond,… Continue Reading →

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Against the Christian sales industry

Posted on 20/08/2025 by John Sandeman
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The folk at Selling Jesus – a group opposed to the commercialisation of Christian ministry have put together a book Abolish the Jesus Trade: Spread the Joy of Freely Giving. Naturally they are making it available for free online –… Continue Reading →

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How God showed up during a church member’s transition to the great beyond

Posted on 23/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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Paul Prather via Religion Unplugged (OPINION) Vickie came to our rural church roughly 15 years ago. Nobody remembers exactly when. She and my wife, Liz, had become acquainted through their participation in the National Writing Project, a program that trains… Continue Reading →

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Children are (really) good gifts

Posted on 12/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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An excerpt from Motherhood: How the gospel shapes our purpose and priorities by Jocelyn Loane There is a gap of nearly six years between our third and fourth children (twins) and our fifth. Some of this time was a planned… Continue Reading →

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A gutsy student at NIDA

Posted on 10/06/2025 by John Sandeman
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Entertainment industry chaplain Charles Brammall at the epicentre of Australian acting  Professor Ken Healey, lovely, God-fearing History of Theatre lecturer at NIDA, invited me to lecture the whole of the student body on “The Lasting Effect of the Judeo-Christian Heritage… Continue Reading →

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