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Theology and Wikileaks

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

| Gordon Preece

Gordon Preece reflects on the theology of truth and proper disclosure in light of the Wikileaks controversies

Review - Welcome Mat, by Beth Barnett

Thursday, 9 December 2010

| Darren Cronshaw

Darren Cronshaw reviews a new resource for ministry with families and children

Christmas Feast

Thursday, 9 December 2010

| Simon Holt

Simon Holt reflects on the food on our Christmas tables

The Loss of Hope in the Church and Its Mission

Thursday, 9 December 2010

| Brian Edgar

Brian Edgar reminds us of the necessity of seeing the church and our mission in the light of our hope in our Triune God

Island Fever?

Thursday, 9 December 2010

| Danny Bell

Danny Bell queries the excitement for short-term mission trips to the Pacific Islands in the light of the challenge of everyday mission in Australia

Why a Christ-follower just might end up pursuing a career in politics

Monday, 8 November 2010

| Jim Reiher

Jim Reiher gives some of his rationale for joining a political party and some of the considerations that shaped his choice

Public Justice and a Community’s Political Conversation

Monday, 8 November 2010

| Bruce Wearne

“Our political system is the way we arrange the community’s conversation about the use of power.” This is a conversation we should not avoid. Indeed, we should view this as part of our stewardship of life together.

A Call to Civility

Monday, 8 November 2010

| Ian Packer

Civility seems to be a dying ethos. Jim Wallis and the Sojourners community remind us of a Christian alternative to the degeneration of public discourse.