Christians join calls for WordPress to remove rainbow banner supporting same-sex marriage from hosted sites
Christian bloggers are among those calling for hosting organisation WordPress to remove a rainbow banner from the top of its Australian hosted pages, saying that it makes an unwanted political statement on their sites. The banner, which was spotted on sites over the weekend, appears at the top of sites when users are logged in. […]
Australia’s Anglican primate expresses “deep concern” over refugee policy in synod address
The head of Australia’s Anglican Church, Archbishop Philip Freier, has expressed his “deep concern” over Federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s recent cuts to welfare services to about 100 asylum seekers originally brought to Australia from offshore detention for medical treatment. In his opening address to the church’s three-yearly General Synod being held in Maroochydore, on […]
Americans join in prayer for those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Americans joined in a national day of prayer to pray for those affected by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday. The prayer day was called via a presidential proclamation, with US President Donald Trump noting at the signing of the proclamation late last week that “[f]rom the beginning of our Nation, Americans have joined together in prayer […]
THIS LIFE: THOUGHTS ON TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE…AND LOVE
ANN WOJCZUK reflects on the meaning of tolerance and acceptance – and the power of love…