Connecting with today’s fashionable ideologies? How do you connect with a society that seems not only to have turned its back on you but is running away so fast that your words become almost inaudible in the slipstream? There are so many things we want to say. And we do feel a sense of urgency. But where to begin? There ... ...

Boldness and wisdom in equal measure It’s a given: we must never compromise the truth or the core issues of the Gospel. However we do need to take care as to the manner, time and place of communicating what we believe to be true. Boldness and wisdom are needed in equal measure. In my earliest days in India, I often ... ...

Reflections on God and politics In his helpful and timely book, God Is Good For You, Greg Sheridan quotes the Cistercian Father Michael Casey on the modern postmodern movement. Drawing on the work of French sociologist, the late Jean Baudillard, Casey posits that the five qualities postmodernism lacks are ‘depth, coherence, meaning, authenticity and originality.’ Anyone who has heard left-leaning ... ...

An opportunity for re-imagining who we are? Clearly we are facing a serious situation. If, however, we accept the coronavirus at God’s hand rather than at China’s hand it may lead us to wonder what God wants for us in and through these times. Many things are being brought to the surface for reflection: geopolitical issues, our own Australian responses ... ...

Reflections on Religious Freedom It was Marshall McLuhan in his book ‘Understanding the Media’, who coined the phrase, ‘the medium is the message.’ That is, how and where you say something often becomes the message people receive whether you intend it to be so or not. As Proverbs tell us, ‘If a man loudly blesses his neighbour early in the ... ...