What should Christians make of the increasingly vocal debate around the “trans” issue? How do we respond to those who present physically as one sex but claim that they are actually really the other? Is it even correct to refer to male and female anymore? And who, even 5 years ago, would have thought that was […]
Chris over at Here in the Waiting Room has written a very challenging but acutely incisive piece on the jarring disconnect between the seriousness with which we rightly view rape and the casual attitude we as a culture display about sex in general. …if rape is honestly as unthinkable as we all agree it to be, […]
a brief thought I wrote for our church handout yesterday… There’s been quite a lot of talk in the media this past week about Aronofsky’s new film, Noah. I’ve not seen it yet (who has the time with 3 kids?) but I’ve seen enough reviews and commentary to get a rough idea of the plot […]
There’s great truth in this brief segment of an interesting post, …the majesty of the law can grant access to public benefits; it cannot guarantee that your neighbour will shake your hand and invite you to a barbeque. If gays and lesbians still feel socially marginalised after legalisation, what then? Will there be laws to […]
On the flight up from Melbourne a while back I read a fascinating article by a year 11 (17 yrs old) student Olympia Nelson on how we (according to her) fail to respond correctly to the current culture of sexting. “Why should girls feel ashamed“: Another two-minute film, Sexting at School by thinkyouknow.org, tells the story of […]
This is going to be a bit of a ramble. Grab a cup of something and sit down with me… I’ve been working through the latest government adoption report [pdf] in Australia, prompted by my previous post and I came across this chilling sentence (chapter 4, p.34): Broader social trends, such as declining fertility rates, the wider […]
