Professor Susan Rutland, Emeritus Professor of Religion from the University of Sydney spoke on Open House about her research on SRE. She says SRE is an import mechanism for children to find their identity and that to remove religion is to weaken multiculturalism in Australia.
In her Journey to Christmas message, Emma Mullings shares the story of her father-in-law’s unusual Christmas tradition—and what we can learn from it for ourselves.
We asked Dami Im if she’d bring her keyboard in and sing a carol for us… it was nothing short of amazing. Enjoy this immaculate rendition of Silent Night.
Caritas Australia ended the year on a high note with a win for civil society and Australian democracy. They have proved that ‘sometimes the good guys win’ with the success of a campaign they spearheaded to change the provisions of a government bill.
Listen: Dr Marcus Carter in conversation with Stephen O’Doherty. An expert in gaming research warns that the ‘loot boxes’ in popular games are harmful and that there is a great deal of crossover between games and gambling in terms of not just the technology and psychology used to develop them but also in the negative… Continue reading Loot Boxes – The Worrying Crossover of Gaming and Gambling
Jesus knows that only in a climate of loving acceptance can people be persuaded to change. He loves us enough to meet us just as we are. He loves us too much to leave us just as we are.
Is any sort of gambling wrong? This is one of the questions being discussed on this episode of LifeWords Q&A with David Reay. Also on the show discovering your spiritual gifts and if we raise our children the right way does that guarantee they’ll stay on track?
War is a difficult topic. As Christians, are we bound to participate in war? Is there such a thing as a just war? Does God encourage us to wage war? Indeed, can we claim He is on our side? Big philosophical and ethical questions abound when the topic is war. Rev Tim Costello, is a… Continue reading War, What Is It Good For? – How Should Christians Deal With War?
Hold on to your hats! From next year there will be a metric makeover and the kilo will be defined by a number derived from Planck’s Constant. So how can a number define mass? It is, as they say, complicated. Science communicator, Petr Lebedev ran Open House through the change.
There’s few things cuter than hearing a story told by a child. We visited Covenant Christian School and asked the kids to tell us the Christmas story…
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