By Rod Benson Part of the price of living in the modern world is the need for an increasing rule-based culture, no more so than in the church. John Sandeman from Eternity newspaper has listed ten rules local churches should consider to ensure child protection: Follow your denomination’s Safe Church rules. Always have at least two …
Churches and the public good
By Rod Benson According to new research, churches and other faith communities are still the strongest centres of public good in modern society. The latest National Church Life Survey found that more than 25 per cent of attendees are involved in their church’s “welfare or justice activities” – volunteering with groups such as St Vincent …
Violence by men against women
Detail from "Fragile Resilience“ Black and White Acrylic Painting by Andreas Grutza. By Rod Benson The shocking rape and murder of a young woman by a gang of male thugs in India last week has opened the eyes of the world to the violence suffered by Indian women, and their cultural disadvantage and social plight. …
Happy New Year!
By Rod Benson Happy New Year to all our listeners! On this first Sunday of 2013, here’s a prayer from one of the world’s great Christian leaders, the Reverend Billy Graham, published in The Saturday Evening Post: Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need …
The moral case for sustainability
By Rod Benson A recent study has found that encouraging people to adopt ecologically sustainable behaviours based on the moral rather than economic case may be more effective. The Guardian newspaper reports that in an experiment conducted at a Dutch petrol station, researchers compared two messages aimed at persuading people to get their tyre pressure checked …
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