Save a life without leaving home
May 3rd, 2020
Monthly challenge May challenge: 4 men facing death sentence Amnesty International reports: “Four journalists in Yemen have been sentenced to death on trumped up charges following grossly unfair trials. The absurd charges against Akram, Abdelkhaleq, Hareth and Tawfiq include “creating several websites on the internet and social media.” They have been detained, alongside six other […]
5 ways to live in a toxic world
April 26th, 2020
A few weeks back I posted about living in a toxic world, because of unattractive and nasty things I was seeing: Lack of compassion and loss of community Polarisation and tribalism Triviality The dumbing down of politics The rich control the media A number of political ploys seem to have led us to this point: […]
The church after Covid?
April 16th, 2020
The world will change after the coronavirus pandemic. But will the church change? Should it?
Following Jesus 1.01
April 9th, 2020
Some people have their bucket list – the things they want to do before they kick the bucket. And occasionally you hear people ask “What would you do if you knew you had one day to live?” The answer is often something wild – eat junk food, drink expensive wine, go crazy, self-indulge. This evening […]
Help end child labour in the chocolate industry
April 3rd, 2020
Child labour and underpaid farmers are common in the chocolate industry. Chocolate companies promise to do better, so let’s encourage them to do so!
They said what !!???
March 25th, 2020
How did we get here from there?
March 20th, 2020
Last post I talked about how we seem to be living in a toxic world these days. Events in the two or three weeks since then have underlined this conclusion.
Living in a toxic world
March 1st, 2020
Some parts of the world and ways people treat each other seem to be getting more toxic. But there are ways we can stand apart from that.
Brad Jersak on God, love, atonement and life
February 23rd, 2020
North American writer, teacher and theologian, Brad Jersak, was in Australia recently, and we were able to spend a day hearing him sharing his convictions about God and his love, Jesus and the atonement, and life. There was a lot to like and learn from, and some challenging ideas – all worth sharing with you.
Amid the gloom, much good news
February 8th, 2020
A list of all blog posts, in reverse chronological order, is on the Blog archive page.