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Does architecture enhance worship?
I enjoyed visiting St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Newtown (Sydney) on Saturday for a wedding. The church was constructed in the 1870s by Edmond Blacket. You would probably be more familiar with his “other” designs – The University of Sydney and St. Andrews Cathedral. While waiting for the wedding to start I took some notes on what I saw around me in the building: The church seating reminded me of the family box pews found
Breaking down discrimination
We have heard that the path to God is narrow. In the Old Testament, the path to salvation was restrictive. While God laid out a path through his chosen people, the Jews created artificial restrictions which effectively eliminated many people's hope. They set up discriminating systems that put God in a box and elevated their own status. In Isaiah 56, God addresses the excluded when he says: v. 3: Let no foreigner who has
Ten years on: Reflections on 9/11
Today marks ten years since that fateful day. Six years ago today, I published my experience of 9/11. A portion follows here: September 11, 2001, 9.55 am: I walk into my Biblical Foundations class at university and overhear a classmate saying something about a terrorist strike. I also hear something about the World Trade Centre towers falling. People shouldn't joke about things like that. Imagine what that would be like, a skyscraper falling; just
Our promised future?
As the technology age dawned, our social future looked bright. We were promised prosperous times with satisfying jobs, lives of leisure, and flying cars. Yet, more than ever, polls show that society believes we are on the wrong track. Violence, selfishness, and uncertainty has increased depression, despair, and suicide. Something is very wrong. It feels like the end times. How did we digress from the supposedly idyllic 1950s to the apocalyptic 2010s? Allow me to