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David

  • Jesus—everyone's favourite entertainer

    Years ago I walked into a church, or, ah... what I thought was a church. I\'m still not quite sure exactly what it was, although no doubt many Christians would\'ve been a part of it.

  • Spirits of Mischief

    As a teacher, in my early years at least, I spent a vast amount of my time on holidays defending the position of teachers and why we need holidays. I just enjoy them now with no guilt attached at all!

  • Funding falls short for task force to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram

    Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram\'s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short of its target, an African Union official said on Tuesday.

  • ISIS militants behead 14-year-old for 'missing Friday prayers'

    A 14-year-old boy has been brutally executed by Islamic State militants for allegedly missing Friday prayers.

  • Why religious people are happier, and how to share the joy

    The latest Office for National Statistics survey seems to confirm what similar ones have already shown: religious people are happier.

  • CLEO is going, many Christian publications have already turned digital

    Australia\'s landmark glossy monthly popular magazine Cleo – is closing – those nasty economic pressures have come to bare and in the magazine sector money speaks.

  • My year without porn

    Pornography—it\'s a hidden, dirty and shameful thing most of the time, but ten to one you clicked this article for the name alone.

  • How hunger changes us

    When I was a kid; my sisters and I completed the World Vision 40 Hour Famine for the first time. There was no option to give up technology or any other substitute. There weren\'t all-nighters or tent cities, the kind of youth group gimmicks used to keep us interested these days.

  • The big fat Greek meaning of life

    Have you ever experienced a piece of storytelling so close to the truth it hurts?

  • SPORT: Idols and Inspiration

    For sports journalists, it\'s the gift that just keeps on giving. Somewhere in the world, as I type these words or as you read them, there is a sports person doing something incredibly stupid. It can range from a blond cricketer sending text messages he shouldn\'t be, or a footy player using something as a toilet that was never intended for that purpose.