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Continue reading →: Loveable Rogue? On the Psychologising of Satan in Modern FictionIn much of today’s fiction, the figure once known as the tempter, accuser, and destroyer has been reimagined. No longer the adversary of all that is good, Satan now often appears as a suave antihero—witty, wounded, misunderstood. He’s not evil; he’s just complicated. Maybe he had a bad childhood. Maybe…
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Continue reading →: Listening for God at the MarginsGod has always had a voice. But more often than not, it is not the voice we expect. It doesn’t come booming from thrones or echoing through empires. It comes, instead, from the edges—from the margins of society, from the wounded, the silenced, the poor. This is not an accident…
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Continue reading →: Living Without ChainsDebt is so normalised, it hardly feels like a choice. It’s just how things are done. You want a house? Get a mortgage. Need a new fridge? Buy now, pay later. Your phone broke? Sign a new plan. And bit by bit, the chains tighten. Most people I know aren’t…
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Continue reading →: Last Supper Painting: By Portuguese Artist Raquel MartinsIn this striking reinterpretation of the Last Supper, Portuguese artist Raquel Martins invites us to see the familiar scene through a modern lens. The figures of Jesus and the twelve disciples are present, yet their faces are intentionally blurred, reminding us that this table is open to all, not just…
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Continue reading →: Sleep Walking Towards Techno-Feudalism: A Future Where You Will Rent EverythingI’m not a Luddite. I work in IT support, and I’ve spent years watching technology change the way we live and work. But something deeper is shifting beneath the surface—something I’m finding harder and harder to ignore. We were promised a digital utopia: work from anywhere, knowledge at our fingertips,…
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Continue reading →: Last Supper: By Australian Artist Nathan SimpsonNathan Simpson is an Australian artist known for his evocative oil paintings that reinterpret biblical narratives through a contemporary lens. Born in 1973, Simpson’s work delves deeply into themes of suffering, redemption, and resurrection, often employing symbolic and surreal imagery to convey profound spiritual messages. His interpretation of the Last…
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Continue reading →: Three Wise Men: By Indigenous Australian Artist Linda Syddick NepaltjarriKnown for blending Christian themes with Western Desert art traditions, Linda Syddick Nepaltjarri often integrates biblical stories with ancestral Dreaming narratives. In this piece, the Three Wise Men are depicted in her iconic spirit-like style, to bridge cultural and spiritual worlds in a uniquely Aboriginal Christian expression.
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Continue reading →: Buddhist Gift GivingGreat. What do I get the man who already has nothing?
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Continue reading →: When the Stones Cry OutThere’s a line in the Gospel of Luke that has never stopped echoing in me. “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” —Jesus, as he entered Jerusalem (Luke 19:40) It’s such a strange thing to say. Literal stones crying out? Some have dismissed it…
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