Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from March 2019

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from February 2019

How do we finish life’s race with intentionality and grace, strength and focus? Gordon MacDonald writes about the temptation to quit and the habits of heart and mind that can build resilience in the Christian life.

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from November and December 2018.

With butterflies in her stomach but a steadfast and simple faith, Mary shares her big news with her cousin, Elizabeth.

Is God dead in the West? Sheridan, a Catholic, argues that Christians in Australia are now in exile. But, rather than retreating, Christians need to ‘conceive of themselves as a bold minority’ with a strong presence at all levels of society, and notably documented in Australian politics.

The necessity of reading well is now more urgent than ever because the information coming from the internet is disjointed, failing to give a right vision for life. Karen Prior’s book is an invitation to read attentively and to rediscover the art of close, linear, meditative type of reading.

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from September and October 2018.

Urban mission is birthed and sustained by an urban spirituality – by a way of life, of prayer, of seeing the city and neighbour, of being an embodied presence of the gospel. Service and witness take place in ordinary life, where Christians are neighbours in their communities and grounded in their neighbourhoods.