Dear brothers and sisters, We are all experiencing a deep shock after the disastrous earthquake. Although, as yet, we do not know the full extent of the loss and damage; it is clear that we are facing a very serious… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The spelling of Türkiye/Turkey: One Facebooker recently asked, “Why are we now calling Turkey Türkiye? Do we now call France Francais and Germany Deutschland?” It is a fair question with a reasonably straightforward answer. They asked.… Continue Reading
After 50 years of struggle, US conservatives won a long-sought victory when the US Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v Wade. “A necessary but woefully insignificant victory in the cause of contending for life,… Continue Reading
The Presbyterians in NSW have sold their aged care facilities to the Sydney Anglicare. This sale occurred in the wake of the Queensland Presbyterian Church being placed into receivership after that state’s Prescare aged care service plunged the church into… Continue Reading
An evangelical minister has replaced the rector (senior minister) of a Brisbane Anglican church who left for the breakaway Diocese of the Southern Cross, d formed by the conservative Gafcon network. In September last year Peter Judge-Mears left his post… Continue Reading
A report by Open Doors ALMOST 4,000 are dead after Turkiye and Syria were rocked by a huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake – the most powerful in the region for over 80 years. Open Doors has been in touch with their church… Continue Reading
Jim Blaxland July 29, 1943 – January 31, 2023 There was lots of lycra, or colourful cycling tops at least spread across a crowded church as Jim Blaxland, who inspired hundreds to Bike for Bibles was farewelled today. The Yellow… Continue Reading
By Terry Mattingley via Religion Unplugged Cardinal George Pell had no way to know, as he rose to preach during a spiritual retreat in southern Italy, that this was his last sermon — opening with the biblical cry, “Repent, because… Continue Reading
A group of conservative churches and members of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) have issued a manifesto calling for “amicable separation. The group known as the Assembly of Confessing Congregations (ACC) wish to be allowed to leave the UCA,… Continue Reading
Mark Layson has been a chaplain for ten years. The Other Cheek asked him what he had learned in a decade. After ten years, what have you discovered about being a chaplain that you did not expect? I did not… Continue Reading