June 2011: Sport
Here in Australia, diet and exercise can be a spiritual discipline; a prayerful activity…
Stephen Webb
6 June 2011
Stephen Webb
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Articles
May 2011: Inclusiveness
Articles in this month’s magazine focusing on disability, race and inclusion have parallel and often intersecting themes.
Stephen Webb
2 May 2011
March 2011: NCYC
Every two years, hundreds of youth between 16 and 25 and their leaders gather to experience Christian community at the National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC). It’s huge.
Stephen Webb
10 March 2011
November 2010: Community gardens
Martin Luther, the 16th century Protestant reformer, is reputed to have said that, even if he knew the world would end tomorrow, he would plant an apple tree today.
Stephen Webb
10 November 2010
September 2010: Sydney Alliance
Want to start a program for the homeless? Get people involved in social ministry? Revitalise your congregation and at the same time really change the rules of the game to give people at the bottom a better chance?
Stephen Webb
10 September 2010
August 2010: Ecumenism
While you may be well over Christians of a certain age banging on about U2, a new publication in that genre still warrants your attention.
Stephen Webb
10 August 2010
June 2010: Christian Conference of Asia
What struck Uniting Church President Alistair Macrae most about the Christian Conference of Asia’s 13th General Assembly — apart from the salutary experience of being part of a small Anglo minority in a church conference — were the issues that dominated the agenda.
Stephen Webb
10 June 2010
April 2010: Ideas to change the world
Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, in his preface to a new edition of Robin Boyd’s The Australian Ugliness, said such books reminded us that, no this isn’t the best of all worlds. We can, we must, do much better.
Stephen Webb
10 April 2010
Febraury 2010: Ethical tourism
Situations can affect our behaviour more than we ordinarily think. Given a change of circumstances, a generally good person can find themselves acting quite out of character.
Stephen Webb
10 February 2010