Roundup: Royal Commission, Life of Pi, Denzel Washington, Sufjan Stevens, Sydney Alliance, Archbishop of Canterbury

Flight

If Denzel Washington is preaching, he helps you forget you are listening to a sermon.

A journey of faith

At a deeper level, Life of Pi explores the meaning and endurance of faith.

Restoring The Faith

Advocates are concerned that the PM probably does not yet fully comprehend the true scale of misery and horror that the inquiry is likely to unleash on victims and on the Australian public.

Silver and gold

Who can save us from the infidels of Christmas commodity? Look no further, tired shopper, for your hero arrives as the diligent songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

Boxing Day saved – What’s next for Sydney’s empowered civil society?

Hidden away beneath this week’s headlines of Royal Commissions and ICAC inquiries was a quiet win for the state’s retail workers and their families. It was a victory achieved when the NSW Government gave up its push for new laws that would have seen more Sydneysiders having to work on the Boxing Day public holiday.

Christians ‘should not be afraid’ to refer to their faith, says new Archbishop

Christians are under increasing pressure to hide their faith because of an assumption that religion should be confined to private life, the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury warned.