How do churches get new bums on seats?
the biggest threat to the future of the Church of England is in fact the congregations who now seem to hold all its remaining life.
The morality of Tyrion Lannister vs. Ned Stark in Game of Thrones
A Niebuhrian reading of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.
The economy of salvation
The atoning work of Christ is indeed an economic act. It is a movement of the divine economy of plenitude, ceaseless generosity, and superabundance. As such, it runs counter to every economy that operates on the basis of scarcity, debt, desert, and a strict accounting of what is due.
Children’s rights campaigner wins leadership scholarship
UnitingCare director of Social Justice Karen Bevan will soon commence a 12-month mentoring program with a leading business person after being awarded the annual Not For Profit Mentoring Scholarship by McCarthy Mentoring.
UN adopts landmark treaty to regulate multibillion-dollar global arms trade
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaign to keep weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, warlords, organised crime figures and human rights violators.