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What is the future for Israel?
Today, 23 September, 2011, is the day that Palestine will ask the United Nations to vote on its statehood. I have no idea whether this request will be passed or vetoed; and whether its aftermath will be peaceful or violent. However, 63 years after the establishment of modern Israel, its existence continues to be a hot issue in both the secular and religious worlds. From a secular standpoint Modern Israel was established in 1948 by
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