au

David

  • Mother Teresa declared saint of Roman Catholic Church 19 years after death

    Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the \"saint of the gutters\" during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death.

  • Graeme Cole a popular winner of the ARPA 2016 Gutenberg

    Wesley Mission\'s Graeme Cole was awarded the 2016 Australasian Religious Press Association\'s 2016 Gutenberg on Saturday night at their Gala Awards dinner in Sydney.

  • God uses imperfect people

    People think they need to have their lives all together, in good order, with perfect mental health, be sinless, and whatever other criterion in order for God to use them. This is false. God frequently used donkeys and broken sinful people to carry out his will.

  • The $5 challenge: Teaching students about social justice

    This term, my teaching partners and I have struggled to a certain extent with teaching Grade 12 Religion and Ethics students about social justice.

  • Fear and Loathing in Fandom

    It\'s getting to that time of year again for North American sporting fans. While here in Australia we are in the midst of finals fever, in the United States they are just getting ready to start their football season.

  • George Orwell, Baptists, Olympic Gold Medals – some are more equal than others

    \'Animal Farm\' by George Orwell has this famous often quoted line, \"All the animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.\" So too are Baptist Ministers where there is no hierarchical ecclesiastical system of Bishops and Archbishops.

  • The AV Leader Coup D'Etat

    How to take over your churches AV department? And no I don\'t mean via Coup D\'Etat. What I\'m talking about is, what do you do when you are replacing someone when they are at the end of their time as leader of the AV ministry.

  • High toll for Libyan troops battling Islamic State in Sirte

    At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.

  • Italy: devastating quake toll hits 250, rescuers search flattened towns

    The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy climbed to at least 250 on Thursday and could rise further with rescue teams working for a second day to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns.

  • Jamie Dwyer a great hockey player – but Rio was something else

    Jamie Dwyer\'s field hockey record when read reads like an astonishing publication of endeavour, performance, celebrations, victories, world hockey acknowledgment, achievements and a statement of a dream for all young hockey players.