The F-Word - Engaging with Feminism

The F-Word: Engaging With Feminism

In 1973 Australian singer Helen Reddy won a Grammy Award for her feminist anthem ‘I Am Woman’. The song launched Reddy to international stardom, becoming the symbolic mantra of the women’s liberation movement and official theme of International Women’s Year. It was her controversial acceptance speech however, that would go on to make both headlines … Read more…

Of course you don’t go to church

I want to begin with an observation: we want community as much as ever, but we are finding it increasingly hard to know where to get it. Young Australians report that family and friends are the most important thing to them – more important even than personal independence. And yet they are much less likely … Read more…

Even I can be a strong man

I’ve got a problem with most books on masculinity. Actually, I can think of three: When I was growing up my chosen sport was playing piano. The last time I tried to chop my own firewood we very nearly froze. I have never been invited to go riding bareback with Mark Driscoll. And when I … Read more…

Hot crossed buns

The artist and easter

It’s just after lunch on the day of a new art exhibition. Tonight a great artist will unveil her beautiful masterwork, her life’s work. You’ve come to take a sneak peek at the show. But something is terribly wrong. Walking through the front door you stop dead in your tracks. Your brain scrambles to process … Read more…

Come, follow me (Loving others in the digital age)

Some days I lament that I spend more time cultivating a digital presence than personal Godliness. I have thus, with a disconcerting mix of eagerness and uncertainty, come to accept the continued digitalization of the world in which I live. One thing I am certain of is the need to think seriously about how to live as a follower of Jesus in the digital age.
The following is based on a seminar Andrea delivered at the Barneys Broadway weekend away this year.

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Friendship

This post is an edited form of a talk I gave at Barneys evening church weekend away. The main theme of the weekend was connecting back up things about being human (love, sex, friendship and marriage) which in our modern world are too often separated in our thinking – separated from each other, and from … Read more…