Outsourcing care
We’ve in danger of outsourcing care in Australia. PICTURE: shironosov/iStockphoto Once in Australia there were few community services, charities and caring concerns. Families looked after their own. Neighbours called on each other. Communities rallied around a cause, and churches did the heavy lifting of charity. As we’ve got richer, we’re become specialised. We’ve developed nursing homes, […]
ESSAY: WHAT EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES TELL US ABOUT GIVING FINANCIAL AID AT A TIME OF CRISIS
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAVAN W CONCANNON, an associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California, looks at lessons from how early Christian looked after their communities…
ESSAY: WHAT DOES COVID-19 MEAN FOR THE CHURCH WHEN IT HAS BEEN CALLED TO BE COMMUNITY?
ROSIE KENDALL, CEO of Christians Against Poverty Australia, provides some practical tips on how the church can continue its care for the community in the coronavirus crisis…
MILITANT TRIBALISM
What we are witnessing across the world today is tribalism! Militant tribalism. Reaching across the divide. PICTURE: Toa Heftiba/Unsplash Tribalism is a view that says “only our tribe matters”. It doesn’t matter if we murder or maim people from other tribes, only our tribe matters. Tribalism is actually the default position for humanity. It’s how we’ve […]