1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1325+ words) As Chaplain at a Roman Catholic Aged Care facility, I was often asked by loved ones to perform the Last Rites over a dying (or even deceased) relative. This was to ensure they didn’t die (or go to Purgatory) with…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (455+ words) An Obadiah Slope column A complement of argument: There’s a vigorous response to the newish book God’s Yes to Women: Why the Bible’s Vision of Partnership Is Good News for Us All, which argues that all ministry in the church…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (293+ words) Nils von Kalm writesI love hearing and reading about stories of redemption. A dear friend of mine sent me a clip this morning advertising the Lazarus Community Centre Geelong. It opened in 2017 as a place where homeless people and others…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (591+ words) Anglicans are a bookish crowd, and proof that it is not just evangelicals who will persist in seeing the printing press as a preferred form of communication was evident when the launch of A True and Lively Faith attracted an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) Mike Southon of Freedom for Faith on their campaign against a Tassie conversion bill. One week into the campaign against the Tasmanian Greens’ proposed Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill, MPs are already hearing from concerned Tasmanians. More than 450 people have signed…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1057+ words) In a world where sloganeering replaces argument, a serious critique of the diocese one attends as a Sydney Anglican is welcome, despite – actually, because – it questions a deeply embedded practice. Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality by Rosie…...