Recently the headlines in The Australian under, ‘Catholic bishops push Premier to open NSW churches’ (3 May), raised my eyebrows in joy. The proposal to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was signed by Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher and 17 others, including [...]
Maundy Thursday is the traditional English name for the Thursday preceding Easter. The name derives from the Latin version of Jesus’ words in John 13:34: mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos ut et vos diligatis invicem, “A [...]
Vin Scully predicts more Americans will respond to COVID crisis with faith: An atheist doctor comes to faith through a dying priest Vin Scully is a legendary baseball broadcaster, the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1950 to 2016. Now [...]
Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, one week before His resurrection (Matthew 21:1–11). As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward Golgotha. He had come to [...]
I was reading a USA Blog that Pete Buttigieg has “surged to a 10-point lead in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary,” according to a poll released the other day. The New York Times reports that he also holds a “commanding lead” [...]
How to Make the Most of Your Online Church Experience One of my favourite verses about our weekly worship gatherings is found in the Psalms: "Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord, shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation! [...]
I participated in my first on-line sermon on Sunday. As the Coronavirus shuts down churches and keeps us indoors for the indefinite future, we may be wondering what to do as Christians living amid plague. How should we live when we [...]
On Living in a Pandemic Age Can you recall the moment the COVID-19 pandemic reached the centre of the Australian consciousness? On Wednesday, March 11, in the span of a single hour, the US President addressed the nation, the National Basketball [...]
