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It grieves me to say that we are living through a renewed struggle over gender roles and identity, predominantly promoted through online content.   The language is familiar—men and women, masculinity and femininity, marriage and family—but the setting has changed. The argument is now shaped by social media algorithms, economic anxiety,...

Every faith carries an attic. Tucked away up there are the beliefs and practices that once felt as solid as the front door, but have since been quietly retired, argued out of existence, or simply left behind as the world changed shape. Australian Christianity has an attic of its own,...

The church needs to get better at talking about mental health issues (including depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety) and about addictions (including alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, work, and sexual addiction). And we need spaces where Christian leaders, pastors, and congregational members can be honest about their own struggles with these...

What Revisiting My DVD Collection Reveals About the Digital Age. I wasn’t expecting a few plastic totes to make me think about the streaming age and what we have lost. I have some totes tucked away with some old computer cables and forgotten bits of technology. It is my old...

Review: Star Wars Zero Company In 2026, many Star Wars fans have a complicated relationship with the series. Not every movie has hit; the ever-expanding franchise has become ungainly; a series of cameos, Easter eggs, and unsubtle winks have made the galaxy far, far away feel far, far smaller than...

What might it mean for the Church to recover a prophetic posture in an age of instant opinion, political reaction and managed organisational change?  I find myself increasingly uneasy with the way we use the word prophetic.  A post appears on our screen. It troubles us, angers us, or confirms something we already...