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Friday, 24 April 2020
| Paul Tyson
Christians have not been very creative when it comes to Easter in a time of pandemic. On Anzac Day, however, we are seeing wide scale innovative liturgical alternatives across the nation. Why?
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Monday, 20 April 2020
| John Kidson
After reluctantly going under the knife, the old granny psalm' you never appreciate what you have until it's gone' can become more relevant than ever. A short medical story from pre-COVID times.
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Thursday, 16 April 2020
| Brendan Byrne
The Test is clearly intended as a shame-to-glory documentary. While the humanity and vulnerability of the participants is painfully on display, the opportunity for deeper reflection is never taken up.
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Thursday, 9 April 2020
| Rebecca Forbes
In these extraordinary times, God, give us compassion. Give us prayerfulness.
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Monday, 24 February 2020
| Ian Hore-Lacy
According to Sam Gregg, the genius of Western civilisation is its unique synthesis of reason and faith - the kind expressed in Jewish and Christian faiths and cultures. To the extent that reason and faith have been uncoupled following the Enlightenment, he argues, we have seen the rise of social pathologies inimical to the pursuit of truth.
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Sunday, 26 January 2020
| John Kidson
Peter and Paul’s theological differences, initially quite divisive, were dealt with openly and amicably. Peter the fisherman and Paul the scholar shared in common an abiding confidence in Jesus. How does their example of apostleship and martyrdom challenge us today?
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020
| Karina Kreminski
This book is not about how to do nothing, but an act of ‘political resistance’ against the attention economy. Odell confronts us with who we have become, a disembodied, distracted society moulded by technologies with not so altruistic agendas, and calls us to become something different - a community that is human.
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Sunday, 22 December 2019
| Ethos editor
Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from November and December 2019
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Friday, 20 December 2019
| Ian Hore-Lacy
As the grand narratives of religion and secular political hopes collapsed over the last century, we have moved to a culture of aggressive identity politics where disagreement has become ‘hate speech’. How can we learn to be generous outside our own tribal group, to listen respectfully and forgive indiscretions?
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Thursday, 19 December 2019
| Nils von Kalm
For many people, Christmas is the hardest time of the year. Thankfully, the joy of Christmas can only really be known within pain.
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