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 [...]
There were two meanings James Cook could have drawn from the name of his battered and indefatigable vessel, Endeavour. Two hemispheres of thinking for a man who was sailing deep into a geographical hemisphere that remained terrifyingly unknown. The first meaning [...]
NSW residents will be able to commemorate ANZAC Day from home this year with a broadcast of special services to honour our veterans and serving Defence personnel. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said with traditional marches and local memorial services cancelled this year, [...]
This article first appeared on March 17, 2020, in Law & Liberty, a project of Liberty Fund, Inc., and was republished with permission. Crises are not only opportunities which should, to paraphrase Rahm Emmanuel, never be allowed go to waste. They [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
