Caught in the Crowd
Would you consider yourself a good person? I want you to be truly honest with yourself. Looking at your relationships, values, actions, thoughts and...
Our Preoccupation With Death
I was scrolling through my phone’s app store one day when I saw something that left me bemused. It was an exercise monitor for...
Hollywood’s Disability
When the doctor first told my wife and I that our son was going to be born with a disability, I was uncommonly brave....
Desmond Tutu: A Prophetic Voice of Hope
It was a fleeting meeting, but one that left an impression on me. Living in Norway in 2001, it was the centennial celebration of...
The Origins of Mother’s Day
Have you heard the story of the woman who inspired the creation of the celebration we now know as “Mother’s Day”? Ann Jarvis was...
Welcome to the Sex Recession
Less sex? What? Surely not. Like many others I shared this news with, you might be surprised and slightly sceptical to hear this. How...
THE CHOSEN: A CALL TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
I have a complex relationship with Christian media. Don’t get me wrong—as someone who genuinely believes an encounter with Jesus Christ can be life-changing,...
Flat Earth theory in the middle ages
Is the idea that people believed the Earth was flat in the middle ages truth or a carefully spun fantasy?
The Last of Us: The Gamer’s Good Samaritan
Video games have become the birthplace of some dubious film and television adaptations. The more successful the franchise, it seems the further the fall...
Gambling’s dark underbelly
How about this filly in the fifth fellas, put a $50 on it?” Those were the words of retired American NBA player Shaquille O’Neal...
Bevvies without the Buzz
As the balmy Australian summer took a chilly turn, I found myself sitting one day in a pub in Jindabyne, New South Wales with...
What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions—and why now’s...
Although they were only two-and-a-half years ago, the first months of the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns seem like a distant past. We have – perhaps intentionally...