by simon_vb | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog
It has been a terrible week on the news. Of course, it is usually a terrible week, but with bushfires in our own state and with terrorism on the agenda in the West it seems worse than normal. Last blog post I tried to help us to consider how best to think through...
by simon_vb | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog
Once more our news has been dominated by terrorism. Deadly blasts in the middle of Paris, suicide bombings in Beirut and Baghdad, and a foiled attack in Istanbul have all happened in the last few days. Newspapers and webpages are full of crying or bloodied people and...
by simon_vb | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog
I am a ‘nice’ person (most of the time, I think) and most of the people in my church are also ‘nice’ people. What does that mean? It means that if you met most of us, you would leave feeling that we were friendly and polite. We have generally had the opportunity of a...
by simon_vb | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog
It seems that suddenly Syrian refugees have become the main topic of the news media. Of course, there have been articles hidden in the world sections of newspapers and serious editorial-type pieces, but it has not captured the imagination of the typical citizen of the...
by simon_vb | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog
It is hard to think differently to others about particular issues. And increasingly, the traditional Christian viewpoints on issues contrast sharply with those around us. This is quite normal, as we see in Romans 12:1-2: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the...
