South Korea’s hostage nightmare is finally over, but the 19 former captives will face questions when they return home about an Afghan aid mission which sparked a six-week crisis and cost two lives.
“Thank God. They are all freed now,” Je Mi-Sook said after her brother Je Chang-Hee was released by Afghanistan’s Taliban.
Read full article on ABC news>>
The latest newsletter resource from Christianity 9 to 5 is now available here.
It includes this devotional article: Doing Your Job as Jesus Would Do It
by Dallas Willard
“Willard may be to the 21st century what CS Lewis was to the 20th. He says more in this brief devotional piece than most writers say in an entire book.”
A piece of art which depicts a bearded Osama bin Laden transforming into a bearded Jesus Christ has upset two formidable art critics – the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader.
John Howard and Kevin Rudd are quoted in News Limited newspapers this morning complaining about Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross and another entry for this year’s Blake Prize for Religious Art.
Read full story from ABC news>>
A piece of art which depicts a bearded Osama bin Laden transforming into a bearded Jesus Christ has upset two formidable art critics – the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader.
John Howard and Kevin Rudd are quoted in News Limited newspapers this morning complaining about Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross and another entry for this year’s Blake Prize for Religious Art.
Read full story from ABC news>>
Lunch and fun activites for all who are young and young-at-heart.
All welcome, bring some lunch to share.
Last night the meeting of the Nepean Presbytery heard about the difficulties asylum seekers face. It was encouraging to hear about things people are doing that truly make a difference.
Many people seeking asylum in Australia are put on bridging visa E while they are being processed. This means they have no access to health care, are not allowed concessions on public transport, and in particular are not allowed to work or study.
A plan to force schoolchildren into work gangs and make them pick up rubbish until they are visibly tired has caused outrage in a Central Australian Aboriginal community.
The new federally-appointed manager of the Yuendumu Aboriginal community in Central Australia has proposed the scheme for school truants.
Read the full news article from ABC>>
Businessman Geoffrey Cousins says he hopes voters in the federal Environment Minister’s electorate will take notice of a full-page advertisement tomorrow involving a number of Australian celebrities.
Mr Cousins and a group of other prominent Australians – including former tennis champion John Newcombe, actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, playwright David Williamson and singer Mark Lizotte (Diesel) – have taken out the advertisement to protest against the proposed Gunns pulp mill for northern Tasmania. Read more (ABC News)>>
The Tasmanian Wilderness Society is also offering a cyber-petition against the fast-tracking of the Gunns pulp mill. For more information see the Wilderness Society website.
Jeremiah begins as a reluctant prophet – reluctant to answer God’s call. Luckily for all of us, our ability to answer does not depend on being big or good enough …
Sermon – August 26th, 2007 – Rev Arnie Wierenga (pdf)
Paul Potts worked in a mobile phone warehouse in South Wales and went about largely unnoticed, until recently at least. His appearance on the TV show Britain’s got Talent raised some eyebrows and he did not seem the kind of person ‘cultured’ enough to be able to sing opera.
The first round performance was amazing to watch. On the stage walks a man who lacks self-confidence. The music begins and suddenly there is a transformation … Without wishing to be unkind, it is as though the beast becomes the beauty.
The video clip of this touches me deeply every time. I commend it to anyone who would like to see some ‘good news’ as a change to the usual diet of news on our media services. You can find it on YouTube here.