If My Desires Are 'Natural' Are They Okay?
It’s natural to desire to be stronger, smarter, better than we are. But does the fact that a desire is supposedly ‘natural’ justify...
"Do You Want to Get Well?"
In 2010 thousands of people a day made their way to a dried-up and polluted lake in eastern India about 70 kilimetres south of Kolkata....
A Cliffhanger of a Story
In Luke’s Gospel (4:14-30) we come across the graphic account of how Jesus so infuriated the people of his hometown, Nazareth, that they...
Christian Selfies
These days it’s common to see people taking selfies. Sometimes they use selfie sticks and these can be very long. We might say that such...
The Golden Rule: Fool's Gold?
In his book Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis stated that the Golden Rule “is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be...
A Breath of the Freshest Air
Last December the pollution in Beijing got so bad that the authorities declared a five day ‘red alert’, the highest level of warning....
Behind the Mask: The Importance of Character
In my early twenties I sometimes acted as the emcee for fun nights. That meant being a stand-up comic who cracked jokes and introduced...
"And My Life."
It was 1939, the time of the Second Sino-Japanese war. Norwegian Peter Torjesen and his wife Valborg are sheltering up to 1,000 refugees....
Living Securely in an Insecure World
“Living securely in an insecure world” was the theme of SIMWorld 2014, the annual SIM NSW conference. Phill Marshall shared some biblical...
Moral Erosion, Human Erasion
In a godless world we see distorted values played out in many ways. If there is no Creator to praise and treasure then inevitably the...