Earlier this year, I was present at the Sydney protest rally where Grace Tame made her now infamous pro-Palestinian speech and called on supporters to "globalise the Intifada." I have also heard the phrase used at other gatherings and protests. And I am aware of the strong opposition to those who use the term and …
Catholic and Protestant approaches to ethics
The question of how Christians ought to live has occupied believers since the earliest days of the church. The New Testament repeatedly links faith in Jesus Christ with transformed patterns of life, calling followers of the way of Jesus to love God, love their neighbours, pursue holiness, embody the character of Christ, and seek to …
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What is Christian ethics?
Ethics is the disciplined study of how human beings ought to live. It asks enduring questions about right and wrong, justice and injustice, virtue and vice, duty and responsibility. More profoundly, ethics seeks to understand what constitutes a good life and what kind of persons and communities we should aspire to become. While every culture …
Morning prayer for Wednesday 10 June 2026
Invocation + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Pause for reflection Good morning, heavenly Father.We worship you, the creator and sustainer of the universe. Good morning, Lord Jesus.We worship you, Saviour and Lord of the world. Good morning, Holy Spirit.We worship you, sanctifier of the people …
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Cuban potato and peanut soup
Rod Benson, 7 June 2026 It's early winter in Sydney, and the end of a busy weekend for us, and there were some potatoes and crème fraiche left over from a dinner party last night. So I cooked up this wonderful soup based on a taro root and peanut soup recipe in Madelaine Váquez Gálvez …
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