Not long ago, a prominent story in the news caught my attention, and I have continued to think about it. A man in London deliberately attacked a group of Muslims outside a mosque by trying to run them over with a van. My initial reaction on reading about this was to think that now English … [Read more…]
Its a big day in the media today, because the Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a whole lot of population data (along with some pretty graphics) which has been picked up and reported with gusto. The most common thread, and the introduction to most of that reporting, is that Australians are losing their religion … [Read more…]
This last week has seem some pretty severe attention paid to Margaret Court in the media. Search for what Margaret actually said, and you’ll end up with pages and pages of results of people condemning her, and not actually find what she originally said. Christians need to reflect on this, and recognise what it tells … [Read more…]
Its been about a week now, and I’ve been a bit slow getting to put my thoughts in writing on this one. And there are so many directions that I could go, I’m as spoiled for choice as I am when I visit the local bakery. The thing that stood out to me most in the visual … [Read more…]
Its Easter in the Great Southern. The highways are very busy. The caravan parks are full. People are away for the school holidays, or have had family come visit them down here. Families are taking their last break before seeding begins. Its quite a busy time of year. And in all of this, even for … [Read more…]
Back in the 90’s I remember a news story (or maybe it was a bit in a movie) from the US where a prevention of cruelty to animals type group was prosecuting some satanist cult for the way they were sacrificing goats. My recollection is that at the time people (including myself) had very little … [Read more…]
One things that Christians seem to be as susceptible to as everyone else is pinning our hopes on politics. We look to particular politician or parties or political commentators to back in order to make Australia the way we want it to be (more Christian). Despite the fact that you can’t compel anyone into the … [Read more…]
We set goals in all sorts of areas of our lives. We think about or plan what we want to achieve, and set goals to get there. For some it might be enrolling in a course of study to become something, or be able to do something at the end of it. Or you may … [Read more…]
Over and over in different news reports and predictions and opinion pieces I am seeing and hearing and reading that the world is ending. Those dramatic words aren’t used like that, but its the point it seems everyone wants you to know. That Trump will start a war with China. Or Russia. Or whoever. That … [Read more…]
Today there has been quite a bit of hyperbole going about in some news circles. And not about the US election. Its about Qatar talking about banning alcohol from most places during the World Cup it will host. Qatar isn’t even talking about a complete ban – there are limited parts of the country where … [Read more…]