False alarm: What happens when your doctor tells you that you might have early dementia? Delve into the thoughts, fears, prayers and (mis)adventures courtesy of a medical misdiagnosis.

We need to move beyond echo-chamber church discussions around ‘complementarianism’ and ‘egalitarianism’ that can distract us from noticing the deeper problem that pervades our society and that we desperately need to address: sexism.

More than just a love story, The Promise powerfully and accurately portrays one of the most gruesome yet forgotten episodes of modern history, the Armenian Genocide of WWI. But far from being someone else’s history in a faraway land, the film’s theme has a strong Australian connection.

What distinguishes humans from animals is not emotions, tools, culture or even DNA, but the choice to love and an indomitable spirit. As humans, and especially as Christians, we have a responsibility to care for the earth, as an act of love towards humanity and God’s creation.

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from 5th to 30th June 2017.

Some would say that a female saviour figure is a corruption of the message of Christ, but this film has the power to leave viewers with a sense of hope that evil can be conquered through sacrificial love, and that all of us, women included, can play a part.

The Victorian State Government has established an inquiry to look at a proposal for a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in Richmond. We present arguments for and against this proposal from ACL and UnitingCare, and a discussion around the ethical issues by Ethos’ Gordon Preece.

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from 1st May to 4th June 2017.

While Denton presents many moving stories
designed to elicit compassion (and a perceived
need for assisted dying as a solution to the
‘problem’), there is very little critical reflection
or exploration of moral arguments.