Specific help for victims of family and domestic violence

This article is designed to complement a sermon preached at Barneys Broadway on conflict resolution at Christmas. How could the gospel be good news to victims of domestic and family violence? A personal story: I read recently that the police are called to respond to more incidents of domestic violence on Christmas day than on … Read more…

Conflict Resolution at Christmas

Tools for conflict resolution at Christmas

In a classic 1997 episode of Seinfeld, George Costanza receives a card at Christmas time from his father which says “Happy Festivus”. Jerry and Elaine force him to explain that his father invented a holiday for their family called “Festivus”. As a secular Jewish man he wanted to experience all the main features of Christmas, … Read more…

Greens v Catholics: this just got interesting

So hang on, a Greens candidate is taking the Catholic Bishops to court for explaining to Catholics what Catholics believe about marriage. Well this just got interesting. Tasmanian Greens candidate Martine Delaney has complained to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner about the Catholic Bishops writing a booklet supporting traditional marriage (titled “Don’t Mess With Marriage” – bam! … Read more…