The question hit me with fresh force as I read it: ‘What gender is your child?’ I had read and answered similar questions before, at least about my gender. But this question from my son’s local soccer club about his gender gave the following options: [...]

Vaughan Roberts is a same-sex attracted Christian pastor in the United Kingdom. At the recent National Training Event for the Aussie Campus ministry AFES, he did a training seminar on sexuality. Here’s what he said about how churches should respond pastorally to sexuality: 1) Churches [...]

‘Is that lady a Christian?’ asks my son. We’re sitting at Carols in the Domain, listening to Robyn Hobbs, the founder of the Sydney Carols in the Domain. She’s being interviewed by the on-stage host, talking about the importance of hope, joy and love. ‘It [...]

How would you define the religion of our modern Secular Age? While we might not be a formally religious culture anymore here in the West, everyone believes in something -- about life, meaning and purpose -- even the most secular of people. And so, what does [...]

If Ukraine is unwilling to engage in talks with Russia that can de-escalate the war, allies cannot support this path of destruction. I was born in Soviet-occupied Budapest. But I grew up in the West, where older Hungarian migrants told me about the atrocities carried [...]

An open letter to Essendon Football Club on how their recent kerfuffle over Andrew Thorburn's religious values sends a message to conservative immigrants and refugees that they aren't welcome either. Dear Essendon FC, I realise you've been in the news recently because of the resignation [...]

‘Radical Hope’ was the tagline for this year’s Byron Writers festival. And so, my daughter and I decided to go and hear what Australia’s secular progressive writers, journalists and thought leaders thought about the world -- especially when it came to ‘hope’. After all, everybody [...]

A feminist admits that the Sexual Revolution, far from liberating women, has reduced their safety and rights. Laughter roared through the back of the truck. Half my army platoon and I were riding in a Unimog on our way to a training exercise. And the [...]

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was a mesmerising spectacle, a display of worldly wealth and power, but also a bold proclamation of the saving Gospel of Jesus, the truth which endures beyond death. Millions around the world tuned in on Monday to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. The [...]

The world came to a screeching halt when Queen Elizabeth died. Few people in history have provoked such sorrow at their passing. And her funeral is probably be the most watched event in human history thus far. I must confess I felt sad (dare I [...]