GERMANY: HAUNTED BY ITS HISTORY, BERLIN DEBATES WHETHER TO RESTORE THE KAISER’S GILDED CROSS
TOM HENEGHAN, of Religion News Service, reports…
THIS LIFE: FORGIVENESS – GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, talks about why we should forgive…
OPEN BOOK EASTER SPECIAL: AND THAT WAS IT
BRUCE C WEARNE, in an Easter special, looks at the story of the encounter on the road to Emmaus…
ESSAY SPECIAL: AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERS’ EASTER MESSAGES
Easter messages from denominational leaders of Australian churches (courtesy of the National Council of Churches in Australia)…
A GOD WHO SUFFERS WITH US
Critics of Christianity have often mocked – ‘Surely God could think of a better way to save us than sending His Son to die on a cross.’ FLYING FREE. PICTURE: Lois Carroll/www.freeimages.com Don’t they realise the cross poignantly demonstrates God’s solidarity with all those who have ever suffered? God could have sent a postcard. […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘WORN AT THE FIRST EASTER HAT PARADE’
See Outreach Media’s April poster…
IRAQ: DEEMED ILLEGAL BY IS, THE CROSS RETURNS TO THE NINEVEH PLAIN
Banished from the region after it was taken over by followers of the so-called Islamic State in mid-2014, Christian clergy have taken the Cross back to their former communities. World Watch Monitor reports…
HUMOUR
I got a letter the other day. It read ‘Speeding Fine.’ I thought, “it’s really nice of the Department of Transport to send encouraging notes. That might reduce the road toll quicker than speeding tickets.” Comedy – yes, that was a joke, comedy is a wonderful thing. Comedy generally works on the basis of truth; […]