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About this winter season in our world. I watched the young woman trudge through the forest occasionally stopping to look at the camera and tell us things. She was strong, uncompromising and her eyes were small, black and piercing. “Hope?” she said “Hope is for the privileged. What matters is action.” She then went on […]
The first ever full-length defence of women’s church leadership has been republished in modern English as part of Women’s History Month. Women’s Speaking Justified was written in 1666 by Quaker co-founder Margaret Fell whilst jailed for her beliefs in Lancaster. She used the time to work through the entire Bible, showing how there are examples […]
Fifty years ago, in a suburban church in Sydney, a group of Methodist parishioners and two theological college lecturers gave birth to a unique resource. With Love to the World, a daily Bible reading resource, was the brainchild of Bob Maddox and Gordon Dicker, teachers at United Theological College in Sydney. Willing volunteers from the […]
Family is often where we first learn how to speak, how to listen, and how to belong. And yet, it is also where communication can become the most emotionally complicated. With friends, colleagues, even strangers, we can often express ourselves clearly. But with family, a simple conversation can feel loaded. Suddenly, we are no longer […]
Released on Thursday 29 January 2026, the latest Report on Government Services from the Productivity Commission shows the housing and homelessness crisis continues to worsen across Australia. The report finds that more than two in five (43%) of low-income renters were experiencing rental stress and were at risk of homelessness in 2024–25, despite receiving Commonwealth […]
As the new year begins, many of us start doing a quiet audit of the year that was and the year ahead. What drained us. What helped. What we want to carry forward and what we’d like to leave behind. Increasingly, technology turns up in that thinking. Not because phones and social media are new, […]
Renowned Christian author Philip Yancey announced he is finishing up his public ministry having publicly admitted to infidelity. In a statement published by Christianity Todayon 6 January, Mr Yancey admitted to an affair over the past eight years. He said he will now conclude his public ministry, including writing and social media, to live his […]
The smoke drifting across Victoria this summer has felt painfully familiar, towns evacuated, homes lost, firefighters stretched to their limits, communities watching the horizon waiting for relief that doesn’t seem to come. As fires continue to burn across parts of Victoria, experts warn that some blazes could last for weeks without significant rainfall. More than […]
What Job Reveals About Suffering, Silence, and the God Who Weeps with Us “We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ‘Blessed are they that mourn,’ and I accept it. I’ve got nothing that I hadn’t bargained for. Of course, it’s different when the thing happens to oneself, not […]
Among the thousands at the “Rising Tide Protestival” last weekend at the Port of Newcastle were the Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT, Sisters of Mercy, Christian Ministers, Brothers, Buddhist teachers, Quakers and many other people of faith. They joined people from all walks of life and, for a few hours, successfully stopped coal […]
Fox News is facing growing backlash after several prominent actors, including Kristen Bell and Brian Cox, said they had no knowledge that their past voice performances would be used in the network’s forthcoming faith-based podcast, The Life of Jesus. The 52-episode series is set to launch on November 30 as part of Fox’s new religious […]
Friendship is the “secret sauce” when it comes to building a society that embraces diversity and interfaith dialogue, award-winning journalist Geraldine Doogue has said. The veteran broadcaster made her comments at the ninth annual Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast co-hosted by Australian Catholic University and Speaker of the House of Representatives Milton Dick MP on 25 […]
Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried is set to take on the role of 18th-century religious leader Ann Lee in the upcoming film The Testament of Ann Lee. Directed by Mona Fastvold, the film explores the rise of Lee and the foundation of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing — better known as the […]
19 November – In the long shadow cast by John Laws’s state funeral, one line echoes more than any accolade, controversy, or career milestone. It’s the sign-off he used day after day, decade after decade: “Be kind to each other.” Russell Crowe — neighbour, friend, and occasional sparring partner — drew a sharp circle around […]
Dr Maina Vakafua Talia’s presence at COP30 in Belém stands out for its clarity and refusal to accommodate climate denial. As Tuvalu’s climate minister, on 30 September he used the summit to directly challenge the Trump administration’s rejection of climate science and its retreat from multilateral commitments. His criticism was not framed as diplomacy gone […]
At noon. On a Tuesday. The reason? Well, a mobile app hit a milestone.Okay, you may think, ‘well that doesn’t seem like a good enough reason to create a global Christian event!’ But actually, it is. The milestone for this app is so significant, that it attracted some of the biggest names in Christianity today. […]
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