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When Church Works, Part 1

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

| Gordon Preece

Gordon Preece shares some happy developments in parish ministry as a local congregation attempts to close the Sunday-Monday divide

Will the Real Feminists Please Stand Up?

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

| Denise Cooper-Clarke

Denise Cooper-Clarke looks at the recent furor over the question of Melinda Tankard-Reist's feminist 'credentials'

Reflections on Power and Powerlessness

Monday, 27 February 2012

| Siu Fung Wu

Siu Fung Wu follows up on Andrew Sloane's lecture 'Justifying Advocacy' with reflections on the biblical notion of power, especially in relation to the paradox of power in weakness.

Which Religion? Whose Spirituality?

Monday, 6 February 2012

| Doug Hynd

Doug Hynd contests the generic use of 'religion' and 'spirituality'

Time - The New Poverty

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

| Robert Banks

Robert Banks, author or 'The Tyranny of Time', revisits the pressure of time-poverty and busyness, and calls for a shift in our view of time.

Behind the News: The Kidnapping and Killing of Christians in Syria

Monday, 30 January 2012

| Barnabas Fund

The Christian community in Syria has been hit by a series of kidnappings and brutal murders; 100 Christians have now been killed since the anti-government unrest began.

Pay the Rent: The Unfinished Business of Australia Day

Monday, 30 January 2012

| Barbara Deutschmann

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 26 January is Survival Day or Invasion Day. Their sorrow on this day reminds us that all is not well within this nation, that we have some unfinished business. What does the Lord require of us at this time as his people in this place?

Evangelism on the Way Out, Part 2: Verbal Witness

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

| Steve McAlpine

Steve McAlpine asks whether, in an era suspicious of words, we will fall silent for fear of being labelled aggressive, arrogant or rigid. In an age of flabby words, will we stretch “missional” to cover more than it was designed to cover? Are we able to map a path forward in which our proclamation and our practice are in harmony?