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Monday, 6 June 2016
| Megan Best
Prolonging life is not the same as prolonging the process of dying, and palliative care offers a dignified, holistic and nuanced approach to end-of-life.
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
| Gordon Preece
The Commonwealth Bank financial advisers scandal is the most recent manifestation of the decline in corporate common care and social and ecological responsibility. How should Christians respond?
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
| John Kidson
The idealism, sacrifice, determination and loyalty of young people who become jihadists is admirable, albeit misdirected. What does Jesus have to say to these youth?
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016
| Paul Tyson
Last week's judgement of the PNG High Court has found that the Manus Island Detention Centre violates human rights and must be closed immediately. In response, we should 'do the right thing. Or at the very least, blush.'
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Monday, 25 April 2016
| Darren Mitchell
Australia's Anzac monuments make for a fascinating case study in war memorials, drawing on a range of Christian and pre-Christian influences but departing from a number of previous traditions. Interestingly, the format of the Anzac ceremony, devised in the 1920s largely by Christians, is still adhered to in today’s secularised society.
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Monday, 4 April 2016
| Nils von Kalm
What does Trump’s popularity say about the man but, more importantly, about us? Nils von Kalm draws on Franciscan Richard Rohr’s framework of two halves of life, adolescence and adulthood, to explain the Trump phenomenon.
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Monday, 4 April 2016
| Andre van Eymeren
Could the Hebrew concept of Shalom be used to design boarding houses that provide spaces for some of society’s most vulnerable to thrive and flourish? Rooming houses run by Servants in Melbourne provide a glimpse of this vision.
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Monday, 4 April 2016
| Trevor Thomas
The Ethinvest Managing Director explains how individuals can help shape a more sustainable future through investment choices, building on Emma Wood’s article in the latest edition of Zadok (issue 130, Autumn 2016).
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Monday, 4 April 2016
| Lucy Allan and Misha Coleman
The concept of sanctuary is rooted in a deep tradition within the Christian church, and we have a civic duty to see justice for asylum seekers.
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Monday, 7 March 2016
| Ben Thurley
The role of government is to reflect God's vision for the world, by ensuring justice and protecting the vulnerable. Christians are called to hold governments accountable to this standard.
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