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The Rabbit Hole of Sovereign Citizens

Review: Conspiracy Nation, Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, Ultimo Press The recent events in Victoria with the manhunt of (alleged) police killer Dezi Freeman, as well as continued protests in our cities, have again put conspiracy theorists into the spotlight. This book from journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, who go down the Australian rabbit […]

Nick Mattiske 19 September 2025

Reviews

A Grisly Stephen King Film Adaptation Finds Hope Amid The Horror

Film review: The Long Walk In 1979, when Richard Bachman’s novel The Long Walk first released, it was read largely as a book reflecting on the Vietnam War: a conflict where young people were drafted and sent to their death with little sense of reason or purpose. The promised glory for the lone survivor at […]

James O'Connor 17 September 2025

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Children of Men’s call to active hope

I had the absolute pleasure of being able to see Alfonso Cuaron’s 2006 modern masterpiece Children of Men on the big screen, thanks to the Sydney Opera House and Alexei Toliopoulos’ new Saturday Film Club. Being way too young to have been able to see it on its original theatrical run, it was an unmissable […]

Jonty Cornford 17 September 2025

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Platonic Reminds Us Why Friendship Still Matters

Friendship is a strange thing. It sneaks up on us, it saves us, and sometimes it complicates our lives more than we’d like. Now in it’s hysterical second season, the Apple TV+ series Platonic, starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, leans hard into that messy, awkward, necessary part of life: having a friend you can’t […]

Adrian Drayton 16 September 2025

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Adnyamathanha Pilgrimage: A Reflection

In late June I had the immense privilege of participating in an Adnyamathanha Pilgrimage, led by Rev. Dr Aunty Denise Champion. It ran over four days and took us from Tarndanya (Adelaide) in Kaurna country, through or past Nukunu, Narangga, Ngadjuri, and Banggarla lands, to the stunning Flinders Ranges in Adnyamathanha country. I was part […]

Katherine Grocott 11 September 2025

Reviews

The Black Comedy of Stalin’s Death and Its Aftermath

Review: The Death of Stalin, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Black Inc. Books Joseph Stalin’s death was something of a ‘black comedy’, writes Sheila Fitzpatrick, and, indeed, it is treated as such in the 2017 film that shares its name with Fitzpatrick’s book. By 1953 Stalin was aged and was in the habit of subjecting his colleagues to […]

Nick Mattiske 10 September 2025

Reviews

Nintendo’s Take On Wheelchair Basketball Is Exciting, But Slight

Game Review: Drag X Drive Drag X Drive is a unique prospect – a new launch-period game from Nintendo that centers around wheelchair basketball. Playing it requires a certain level of embodiment as you control it using the Joy-Con 2’s mouse mode, rolling both controllers across a surface to control your chair. It’s not the […]

James O'Connor 10 September 2025

Features

Friendship’s Genuine Plea for Connection

Friendship is a strange movie, and it is strange for a couple of reasons. It sticks out as something of an anomaly in a world that seems to have abandoned the comedy ﬁlm in its purest form. In the last two weeks I have seen The Naked Gun, The Roses, and now Friendship buck the […]

Jonty Cornford 8 September 2025

Features

If Church Disappeared Tomorrow, Would Your Faith Survive?

If all the programs, music, and buildings disappeared tomorrow, what would be left of your faith? It’s an unsettling question, but a necessary one. We get used to connecting our walk with God to certain forms—Sunday services, worship teams, small groups, conferences. These are good things. They can help us grow. But they are not […]

Adrian Drayton 8 September 2025

Features

Saudade in an increasingly soulless Sydney

Nostalgia for a disappearing world. Recently I read an article in the news about Sydney’s iconic cinemas that are in danger of completely disappearing. Cinemas had their heyday in the 1920s when going to the cinema on a Sunday “outstripped church attendance” at the time. In the 1950s and 60s with the emergence of TV, videos and […]

Karina Kreminski 4 September 2025

Reviews

Voices of Extraordinary Medieval Women Who Wrote Their Lives

Review: Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women, Hetta Howes, Bloomsbury In the Middle Ages women ate, drank, slept, made love, had babies, worked, danced, prayed. They were daughters, wives, widows, friends, lovers and mothers. Less commonly, they were mystics and poets. It was rare for them to write about their experiences, […]

Nick Mattiske 3 September 2025

Reviews

In Herdling, Leadership Is A Selfless Act

Game Review: Herdling I’m not sure how, why, or when one of the members of my herd in Herdling died. At some point in the second half of the game I checked my herd list from the pause screen and noticed that one creature – the second one I had found in the game – […]

James O'Connor 2 September 2025

Features

Chief of War and the Unfinished Story of Stolen Land

We live on stolen land. That is not a metaphor, not a rhetorical flourish, but a plain and stubborn fact. The ground we build on, the soil we farm, the beaches we claim as holiday escapes—all of it was taken. In the United States, the genocide and displacement of Native Americans is at least acknowledged […]

Adrian Drayton 2 September 2025

Features

A 1972 Warning We Can No Longer Ignore

In 1972, scientists at MIT published The Limits to Growth, a report that dared to ask a question most of us still avoid: what happens when a culture obsessed with growth collides with the limits of a finite planet? Their answer was sobering. If we carried on with business-as-usual, industrial civilization would peak and then unravel […]

Adrian Drayton 1 September 2025

Features

What Would Jesus Post?

If Jesus had a social media account today, I doubt it would look like the feeds we’re used to. No holiday selfies. No “humblebrags.” No passive-aggressive pokes at the Pharisees. Jesus knew how to speak into the culture of His time. He used the tools and language people understood — stories, questions, and signs. Social […]

Adrian Drayton 1 September 2025

Reflections

September: Formed and Shaped By God

September 7, Proper 18    Readings: Jeremiah 18:1-11 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and Psalm 1, Philemon 1:1-21, Luke 14:25-33  If there is a common theme in this week’s lectionary readings it is probably something to do with being formed and shaped by God. In Jeremiah 18 the people of Israel are likened to clay […]

Rev. Dr Niall McKay 29 August 2025

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The Rabbit Hole of Sovereign Citizens

A Grisly Stephen King Film Adaptation Finds Hope Amid The Horror

Children of Men’s call to active hope

Platonic Reminds Us Why Friendship Still Matters

Adnyamathanha Pilgrimage: A Reflection

The Black Comedy of Stalin’s Death and Its Aftermath

Nintendo’s Take On Wheelchair Basketball Is Exciting, But Slight

Friendship’s Genuine Plea for Connection

If Church Disappeared Tomorrow, Would Your Faith Survive?

Saudade in an increasingly soulless Sydney

Voices of Extraordinary Medieval Women Who Wrote Their Lives

In Herdling, Leadership Is A Selfless Act

Chief of War and the Unfinished Story of Stolen Land

A 1972 Warning We Can No Longer Ignore

What Would Jesus Post?

September: Formed and Shaped By God

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