• Sitting in a Christmas Eve service I was enjoying a short film from the kids of St Paul’s in New Zealand, when a phrase spoken by one of [...]

  ‘Jesus had two daddies too…’

  December 24, 2010
• The Opera House was a dangerous idea in its time and so it is fitting hat it hosts the Festival Ideas of Dangerous Idea in early October. Having [...]

  Fake men, lots of kids and not enough housework…

  August 26, 2010
• One of the last times I saw Jeffry alive was as we gathered around a single candle flickering on the white tiled floor of the children’s [...]

  Jeffry leaves us far too quickly

  July 19, 2010
• ‘Sounds like a serious ethical issue has arisen even before the first class is taught,’ Australian Christian Lobby managing director, [...]

  Are new ethics classes ethical?

  April 12, 2010

• I am perennially ‘God-spotting’ or ‘finding-faith – looking for those little heartfelt references to God in popular [...]

  ‘Miracle of God’ saves driver

  March 30, 2010
• Jim Wallace of the Australian Christian Lobby told me recently there was disappointment in the Christian community with church leaders who are [...]

  One man stand comes to a game end

  March 22, 2010
• I first met Harry (not his real name) in Bali when he was jut a few years old. His mother, overwhelmed by the need to work very long hours for a [...]

  From cage to carefree cooking

  January 21, 2010
• Take a few Aussies with faith and give them a chance to build relationships with people in another country and culture and God can do great [...]

  Beach and the blind in Bali

  January 18, 2010