8th Nov 2020
A German joke, opined Mark Twain, is no laughing matter. Nor, obviously, is the US election. The result will leave many elated, many miserable,......
8th Nov 2020
A German joke, opined Mark Twain, is no laughing matter. Nor, obviously, is the US election. The result will leave many elated, many miserable,......
14th Oct 2020
John Carroll argues that Western culture has been shaped by guilt.
14th Oct 2020
John Carroll argues that Western culture has been shaped by guilt.
11th Oct 2020
Perhaps the shepherd image doesn’t have the same directness for today’s urban citizens, who may see a sheep only when it’s on their plate....
11th Oct 2020
Perhaps the shepherd image doesn’t have the same directness for today’s urban citizens, who may see a sheep only when it’s on their plate....
13th Sep 2020
I have had a beard since 1975, when I noticed how gormless my face was in my wedding photos and thought my kindest gesture to the world would......
13th Sep 2020
I have had a beard since 1975, when I noticed how gormless my face was in my wedding photos and thought my kindest gesture to the world would......
3rd Aug 2020
Almost everyone agrees that lockdown in Melbourne is much harder second time around. But the key is to focus not on what we are lacking but on......
3rd Aug 2020
Almost everyone agrees that lockdown in Melbourne is much harder second time around. But the key is to focus not on what we are lacking but on......
5th Jul 2020
Faith is an inescapable part of rational everyday life, even for atheists.
5th Jul 2020
Faith is an inescapable part of rational everyday life, even for atheists.
1st Jun 2020
The immense shock caused by COVID-19 is raising questions about how society should change when 'normal life' resumes....
1st Jun 2020
The immense shock caused by COVID-19 is raising questions about how society should change when 'normal life' resumes....
20th Apr 2020
These are days, obviously, when faith is being tested; this is not unique. But the isolation requirements add a new measure of distress and psychological......
20th Apr 2020
These are days, obviously, when faith is being tested; this is not unique. But the isolation requirements add a new measure of distress and psychological......
12th Apr 2020
Society - in some form - will continue after the pandemic, but community is more fragile. Has Easter anything to teach us about maintaining or......
12th Apr 2020
Society - in some form - will continue after the pandemic, but community is more fragile. Has Easter anything to teach us about maintaining or......
7th Apr 2020
No fair-minded person would want Pell in jail if he didn’t commit the crime. But within the pews of the Catholic Church, people are divided......
7th Apr 2020
No fair-minded person would want Pell in jail if he didn’t commit the crime. But within the pews of the Catholic Church, people are divided......
22nd Mar 2020
The extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice of the villagers of Eyam, near Manchester, probably averted the plague in northern England in 1665....
22nd Mar 2020
The extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice of the villagers of Eyam, near Manchester, probably averted the plague in northern England in 1665....
