In Australia, a Victorian survey finds Christ’s birthday losing meaning: One in five sees (Christmas) as a celebration of Christ’s birth … When asked which of three statements summed up Christmas, the Galaxy Research poll of 800 people found 75 per cent … Continue reading
Extract fom the Archbishop of Adelaide, Dr Jeffrey Driver’s Synod Address: Voluntary Euthanasia I am concerned about the recent renewed push for the legislation of voluntary euthanasia around Australia. I do not disparage the good intentions behind these initiatives. Few matters … Continue reading
Jesus’ teaching continues to discern to the heart of each one of us. In today’s press I was reminded of “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for … Continue reading
The silencing of the good news I recall vividly our time with Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land, living in the shadow of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the commencement of Iraqi shelling of Israel. I was deeply saddened at … Continue reading
This is different to the digital age The modern Nativity Story because it is based on the social/relationships of the people in the Christmas story. … Continue reading
When blasphemy laws are added to a poor system of justice, then minority groups and moderate co-religionists suffer. But blasphemy cases, about half of which involve Muslim suspects … point to a more fundamental problem … Pakistan’s broken justice system, corrupt and lacking … Continue reading
Tired after all that Christmas shopping and you want to return to the true meaning (2010, digital age style) of Christmas? Take your shoes off, pour a cool drink, feet up, media screen on, sound turned up – Enjoy! – THE … Continue reading
Michael Ward, author of ‘Planet Narnia’ lists My Top 5 Books on C.S. Lewis – Christmas gifts for fans of C S Lewis 🙂 … Continue reading
Dying Man Opposes Assisted Suicide – The transcript of the interview follows: Reporter: And talk about power to the people. Joining us from his home in Kent, Washington is a man suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. This former Boeing computer programmer … Continue reading
Most of the medical graduates from the University of Tasmania will today be making a modern form of the Hippocratic Oath. There have been a number of changes in the Oath over the years and the change I enjoy is the change from … Continue reading