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  • How to parent in public

    Cucumber, lettuce, tomato... with effortless repetition the teenage boy at the checkout scans my groceries, the bleep bleep punctuating the bustling of a busy supermarket.

  • Pale green calms blue - art work soothes

    Tronson du Coudray\'s recent art work \"Pale green calms blue\" was a bit of a spoof on all families everywhere who live all over, and come together for Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, Weddings, Funerals, Family get together\'s, whatever!

  • Movie Review - The Fat Boy Chronicles

    High school is tough, but for Jimmy Winterpock it is a whole new world of bullying and not fitting in.

  • Religious leaders condemn Pakistan law protecting women

    A new law in Pakistan\'s Punjab state aimed at protecting women has been condemned by religious parties.

  • Number of migrants swells on closed Greece-Macedonia border

    The number of migrants awaiting passage to central and northern Europe swelled on Greece\'s border with Macedonia on Wednesday as the frontier remained shut, adding to a humanitarian crisis and deep fissures within the European Union.

  • Inevitability of Grace

    Occasionally I have asked my friends when they think they will die. I get a range of responses. To some the question is acrid and odious. It speaks of a far off day, one they barely accept as reality. To others it is a mere irrelevance. Death will come in their ripe old years, a quiet visitation once they have drunk deeply of life\'s pleasures.

  • One Day in Melbourne—Evangelicals Online: a full day program

    \'One Day in Melbourne—Evangelicals Online\' (conference) on Saturday 16 April 2016 is a one-day gathering for editors, writers, designers, social media mavens, authors, bloggers, self-publishers—anyone in Christian media whose aim is to maximise the Gospel.

  • My omnipresent superhero

    What is your all-time favourite superhero movie? Is it one of the Batman or Superman films? Maybe it is a Marvel movie, like Captain America: The First Avenger, or the Iron Man Trilogy? Or even the X-Men series?

  • There is room for artists

    You would think it would be obvious to someone who considers themselves an artist: there is room for artists.

  • Christians supporting Israel - "Who is today's Balaam?"

    Even a cursory look at Christian ministries supporting Israel, the cry is \'Who is today\'s Balaam?\'.