Where to now for Christianity in the West?
The great enterprise of articulating the Christian faith within the story of the universe awaits us in the third millennium, writes Kevin Treston.
Importance of seeing the 'big picture'
Failing to see or accept the big picture is a condition that is currently affecting many organisations in our world, says Garry Everett, and four particular organisations stand out as...
Binge-watching our Easter journey
While studies reveal “binge-watching” isn’t good for our physical health and social well-being, could it also have an impact on our spiritual health, asks Natalie Acton.
Who is welcome at our inn?
As the Christmas season approaches, we are challenged to ask ourselves once again who is welcome at our inn. Who do we open our hearts, our homes, our communities and...
Are we “honourable people”?
Why do the majority of Australians support a Government policy that is illegal, cruel, inflicted on hapless people and contrary to international conventions that we have voluntarily signed, asks Sister...
Navigating the assisted dying debate
Within society I hear a babble of self-assured voices that prevent any openness to hearing the views of others, writes Sister Pam Grey.
Dogs, dialogues and discernments
The age-old spiritual process of discernment differs from most decision-making processes in two significant ways, writes Garry Everett. BY Garry Everett Locally, I am referred to as “the old man...
Samaritan traveller a guide for end-of-life journey
Over the past months I have followed the “euthanasia debate” – the ongoing argument between those who champion the ‘right to life’ as opposed to those who assert the ‘right...
Snails make good neighbours
It seems strange that a common garden snail achieved more for justice in its death than many men or women do in their lifetimes, writes Naomi Currie.
A plebiscite of one’s own
The question of marriage and its meaning is presently astir in the public domain, writes Alice Priest. But my own interest has sprung, not from the public debate, but largely...
Why I don’t need wilderness
Although I tried to lift myself to the divine, my long walk in the wilderness was largely not the clarifying and spiritual experience of Thoreau and Walden, writes Moira Byrne...
Surrendering our sense of seasonality
There are times to plant, harvest and also a time to down tools all together.