On Australia Day
A few years ago I wrote about the complexity of multiple Australian stories converging on Australia Day, and how I was finding January 26 increasingly difficult to navigate as a Christian. I’ve kept...
View ArticleSex in the prayer room; and when ‘thin places’ become thick
There’s lots that can (and must) be said about the present crisis in Australia around toxic sexuality (as an expression of toxic masculinity and rape culture). Lots is being said about the relationship...
View ArticleA big table and the paradox of tolerance
There’s a popular meme that circulates on social media from time to time; one of those sort of epigrams for our age — “when you have more than you need, build a bigger table, not a higher fence” — it’s...
View ArticleRevisiting “Generous Pluralism” (unpacking a little of my ‘political...
The good folk at GIST, my denomination’s think tank (committee) on politics, society and culture contacted me recently to let me know that they’re working on a paper canvassing (and critiquing) various...
View ArticleRevisiting Generous Pluralism (unpacking a little of my political theology) —...
This picks straight up from where yesterday’s post left off — as part of an explanation of how I understand generous pluralism, within a broader political theology, because a paper will be released by...
View ArticleDear Facebook. Please un-kill Bill.
It’s fair to say that I’m not on Bill Muehlenberg’s Christmas Card list (and nor is he on mine)… In fact, in the past, Bill described me as a “spineless wonder” and my writing as “mainly all waffle,...
View ArticleBe winsome for goodness sake
Every time a Christian finds themselves publicly crucified in the mainstream — or online — media a debate rages about what posture said Christian should adopt in their engagement with the public. Its...
View ArticleWe need an Aussie equivalent of the ‘Never Trump’ movement
Eternity News has asked a few people — including me — to contribute a regular column. This is my latest piece, it should be online over there shortly. Who can forget the events of January 6, when armed...
View ArticleA supposedly fun thing I’ll probably do again…
David Foster Wallace wrote and epic and rightly lauded essay about watching Roger Federer play tennis. The 2006 essay, Roger Federer as Religious Experience, published in the New York Times, and...
View ArticleA voice to the church
On Saturday night I was invited to speak at Aunty Jean Phillips’ annual soup night. This night raises funds to support Aboriginal Christian ministry. It’s been running for decades. Aunty Jean told me I...
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