Wealth inequality is killing the poor
Globally, the very rich are paying less tax and getting even richer, while the poor can buy less because of inflation. Is this right?
Category: Mission
Australia Day and sensitivity towards our indigenous brothers and sisters
Five years ago we attended a service of lament and support for indigenous christians who cannot celebrate Australia Day with the rest of the country. The service highlighted issues that I think we all wish weren’t there, or would go away. Last night we watched an online prayer service conducted by Aboriginal christians seeking to […]
I’m an individual, you can’t fool me!
The church needs individuals who can innovate in a Spirit-inspired way, but group think can stifle innovation in churches.
Good chocolate
As christians, our chocolate buying and eating habits can make an enormous difference, good or bad, to families living on the other side of the world.
Why politicians, media and advertisers can get away with untruths
Truth is sometimes hard to find in politics. Politicians and media take advantage of our trust and tell us misinformation. But we can guard against this.
8 actions to save God’s world and his people
The world is in a sorry state right now. Not only a brutal unjustified invasion of Ukraine with its accompanying atrocities, not only anti-democracy movements in many counties, but climate catastrophes. Record, unprecedented flooding in Europe, Pakistan and Australia. Fierce wildfires in the US, Europe and Australia. Destructive storms in the US and Japan. Worsening […]
Was Jesus a leftist?
The story of a conservative christian guy who became a leftist while attending a conservative christian college.
Lessons learned along the way
I have been following Jesus, albeit imperfectly, for about 60 years! It was during the period from about October 1961 to September 1962 that I decided not only that I believed in Jesus, but I was willing to follow him in my life. Since that time in a reformed evangelical church, I’ve come to think […]
Religion & politics: unequally yoked?
Do religion and politics mix? There are good reasons for christians to be active in politics, and some traps to avoid.
Not looking to our own interests?
Were christians pressed to vote for narrow self interest rather than the broad issues of inequality and unjustice that Jesus cared so much about?