In mid-April I started reading Genesis (well, re-reading... I've read it many times before). For the uninitiated, Genesis is the opening book of The Bible. It sets up the 'narrative' of God's interaction with humanity, mainly with the Jews - when they begin as a race. I'm taking my sweet time, reading and absorbing little …
I was teaching Year 10 this week about features of documentaries and explained what a Vox Pop was - or Vox Populi for the Latin purists. I've been thinking for some time I'd love to do a vox pop on that question: "Why I won't be going to Church this Sunday" and the lesson reminded …
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The weather in Australia is warming up again and here's hoping there's nothing like last summer's bushfires up ahead of us. I'm praying our land will be spared that again, as I'm sure are many others. Because, basically right now, we're all looking for hope. We're all looking for things to be better. But we're …
Earlier this week I watched a short clip of Professor John Lennox, talking about how Christians (of which he is one) are often talking about things that people outside of the Church aren't actually asking, or thinking about. Or, more briefly, that Christians aren't "answering the questions" people have. So I've decided to spend a …
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