The football final season brings with it disturbing trends. Agencies report an increase in incidents of domestic violence against women, often related to alcohol and gambling issues. As a church we’ve been running termly Men’s Breakfasts at which we’ve been considering what true masculinity looks like, applying the following test:...
Scottie Scheffler is the world’s Number One golfer; winner of multiple major tournaments including the British Open and US Masters. Surprisingly, Scottie has often said golf isn’t his everything. That’s because Scottie is also a Christian who claims he has received the eternal prize and been given top ranking, by...
We all continue to be disturbed by war occurring in the Middle East. I was talking to a friend recently who confessed intense feelings were being stirred in him by what was happening. He was particularly distressed at how he saw religion being used to justify atrocity. When I probed...
The recent King’s Birthday NRL clash saw Canterbury and Parramatta play in what’s known as the ‘I4Give Cup’. This initiative arises from a horrific car accident in Western Sydney in 2020 where 4 children were killed as pedestrians when struck by a car driven by a man under the influence...
The winter sport season, in full swing here, has come to a close in the northern hemisphere. Liverpool are football champions of England and two other teams, Manchester United and Tottenham, battled it out for supremacy in the Europa League Final. I was reminded of the exploits of a fan...
I remember seeing a movie called “Gangster Squad”. I am not a big fan of MA movies but this one centred on a particularly nasty man by the name of Mickey Cohen. He was born in 1913, crossed paths with Al Capone, was a contemporary of Bugsy Siegel in the 1930s...