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Sight Magazine is an editorially independent, Australian-based website covering local and global news and issues from a Christian perspective.
Our mission is simple - "to open the eyes" of people
not only in Australia but around the globe to how Jesus Christ
is actively moving among his church today and to encourage
Christians from all denominations to share how God is moving
in their midst.
DAVID ADAMS,
editor
A
freelance journalist, David has written for national news
publications in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Married
to Linda with two wonderful children - Kyle and Clare.
Ann
is your average human being, who loves Jesus, and is interested
in everyone and just about everything. She is happily married
with two kids and sometimes gets to do web art for Sight.
CONTRIBUTORS/COLUMNISTS
KRIS BATHER
Kris lives in Perth and in a constant state of amazement. God and pop culture are two of his passions and he makes sure not to separate the two. He also loves coffee, chocloate, cheap XBOX 360 games and free
food. He has worked as a DJ on community radio, sold mobile phones when they were bricks and has generally made a fool of himself to make others laugh in his various short films. The former comics books editor at Infuze, Kris also writes for Broken Frontier and is the creator of Extra Sequential, a new free on-line mag devoted to the wonders of comics. He likes to think that he is the geekiest person in the room. Usually, he's right.
CHOE BRERETON
Choe is a biological scientist by trade who has worked in forensics and more recently with many of the top scientists in the field of HIV research. Her writing career sprouted wings after she kicked science to the curb in August 2006 and fast-tracked a diploma in creative writing. She has since written for a number of publications. Married and living in New South Wales, she hopes to soon embark on a masters degree in journalism or communications. For every good thing that she has, she gives all glory to God.
MAL
FLETCHER
Mal
is a TV and radio broadcaster, social commentator
and author whose books have been translated into five languages.
He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker and lecturer
who equips leaders and major organisations to deal with change
in a proactive way. He appears regularly in various media
and speaks to audiences around the world. Mal is the founder/director
of Next Wave International, a Christian mission to Europe,
based in London. His EDGES TV programmes are seen around the
world. For much more, constantly updated material, go to nextwaveonline.com
and edges.tv.
NICK
HODGSON
Nick
is a 1990 Chiropractic graduate of the Phillip Institute of
Technology (now RMIT University). He has been practicing full-time
in Ocean Grove for the last fifteen years and runs the longest
established and largest natural health practice on the Bellarine
Peninsula. Nick is a Fellow of the Holder Research Institute
(F.H.R.I.), and is a member of the Chiropractors' Association
of Australia (CAA) and the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA),
and sits on the WCA's International Board of Governors, and
the WCA Council on Addictions and Compulsive Disorders. Nick
has also been actively involved in leadership roles at the
Ocean Grove Baptist Church; leading small study groups including
Alpha, singing in the worship team, and coordinating the church-wide
"40 Days of Purpose" spiritual growth campaign.
KARYN MARKWELL
Karyn is the proprietor of Markwell Publishing (www.markwellpublishing.com) and specialises in writing and editing for Christian and Jewish clients. She has a deep love for Israel and the Jewish people based on God's Word and she speaks Hebrew. When she's not in Israel, she lives in Brisbane with her husband and two cats.
JUSTIN
MICHAEL
Justin
fills a number of roles - his current fulltime gig is as a
music director/worship pastor at Kardinia Christian Church
in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Justin performs with the
Aussie band Compliments of Gus - check www.complimentsofgus.com
- and somehow, has found himself doing solo stuff - www.justinmichael.com - as well as singing with the Melbourne Gospel Choir over
the past few years. He is married to the very beautiful Jodi
and they have a spectacular little man named Noah who keeps
them busy. Justin says it's fun being a muso and that it’s
crazy being all of the above things, but he wouldn’t
have it any other way!
JOY NICHOLAS
Joy Nicholas was born and raised in Bangladesh to American missionary parents who worked closely with Australians. After years of being fed Vegemite sandwiches and Minties, Joy now believes she is Australian - at least a little. She now lives in America, though, where Vegemite is tragically difficult to come by. She enjoys writing, music, travel, and (most of all) spending time with her husband and three daughters. You can read more of her writing at caspara.blogspot.com.
JIM REIHER
Jim is a husband, a father of four, and a grandfather to seven under the age of nine. Since finishing high school in 1974, he has been an ambulance officer (four years), a high school teacher (eight years), and a Bible college lecturer (13 years: five years at Harvest Bible College in Melbourne, and eight years at Tabor, Victoria). Jim has teaches church history and New Testament studies. He began the Berwick campus for Tabor, Victoria, and lectured there and in the Ringwood North campus from 2000 to 2007. He currently works for Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH) - a missional urban group in Springvale, Noble Park and Dandenong, (as well as Sydney and Bangkok) that seek to live with and work with the most poor and marginalised in the community. He is actively involved in politics, and stood as a candidate in the 2004 Federal Election, and more recently in the 2006 Victorian State election. Jim is also a keen writer with published books including The Eye of the Needle: Discipleship and Wealth (UNOH publishing); and Women, Leadership and the Church (Acorn Press). And later this year his commentary on the epistle of James will be out. It is called James: Pacifist and Advocate for the Poor (UNOH Publishing). Jim has a Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in history, a Diploma in Education, and a Masters in Theology with honours.
NILS VON
KALM
Nils
is a born-and-bred Melbournite with a passion for making the
Gospel relevant to the everyday person. Married to Nell, he
has an honours degree in sociology as well as an accounting
degree. During the week he works as a grant coordinator at World Vision. Currently
a deacon at St Martin's
Community Church in Collingwood, Nils regularly writes
articles for the church bulletin and preaches occasionally.
An avid reader, Nils' interests are early Christianity, the
person of Jesus, the question of God and apologetics, and
communicating how Jesus and the Gospels relate to every aspect
of life. He has recently launched his own website called Soul
Thoughts.
BRUCE
C. WEARNE
A
doctoral graduate from LaTrobe University (1986), Bruce lives
and works from Point Lonsdale. He is currently working on
a Christian sociological study of what it means to walk, as
part of what it means to live as those who follow Jesus in
this world. He thus also does a lot of walking along the coast
to stimulate his research which also includes theoretical
sociology and the production of stories explaining Christian
life for children which are composed to be read with profit
by their parents. He is married to a social policy researcher
and has two grown up sons.
SIU FUNG WU
Originally
from Hong Kong, Siu Fung has been in Melbourne since 1989.
He was a pastor, and is a visiting lecturer at two theological
colleges. Siu Fung studied computer science, economics and
transport planning, and worked in IT for years. But his passion
is the Bible and its relevance to the world today. After completing
a degree at a Pentecostal college, he went to an Anglican
college in England to do an MPhil in Biblical studies. Having
grown up in a working class family, Siu Fung knows first hand
what it means to be poor and powerless. He works part time
as global education officer at World
Vision, and seeks to encourage the church to embody the
Gospel in
every sphere of life.
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THIS WEEK ON THE WEB
28th July, 2010
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TRIBUTES MARK 70 YEARS OF TAIZE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY
World Christian leaders are paying tribute to the ecumenical community of Taizé in eastern France, which is marking its foundation in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz, who died in 2005.
In a message in advance of the 14th August commemoration to Brother Alois, who now heads the community, Pope Benedict XVI described Schutz as a "pioneer in the difficult paths toward unity among the disciples of Christ".
"Seventy years ago, he began a community that continues to see thousands of young adults, searching for meaning in their lives, come to it from around the world, welcoming them in prayer and allowing them to experience a personal relationship with God," Pope Benedict said.
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On 9th September, Jews in Israel and around the world will celebrate the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana: ‘Head of the Year’).
Rosh Hashana falls on the first day of Tishrei (the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar), and is the first of the Jewish High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (’Days of Awe’), on which Jews focus on repentance before Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).
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THOUGHTS ON CONTROL...
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THINKING ON POLITICS...
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ANN
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FRAGMENTS OF BRONZE AGE LAW CODE FOUND IN ISRAEL
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