By: Stephen McAlpine
So a Canadian pastor got in touch with me a few days ago to say that he’d discovered my blog (always nice), and that he liked what I wrote (even nicer), and that it rang true for the Canadian scene as well (nicest of all!).
By: Stephen McAlpine
Are we getting more Christians in the West? Or less? Is there a quiet revival? Or is that just noisy hope?
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By: Stephen McAlpine
Depending on how your social media algorithm is configured – mine is a bewildering mix of conservative theology, Forrest Frank songs, and cats singing K-Pop (thanks to my eldest daughter for that one) – you’re unlikely to have scrolled for long before coming across evidence of what is being termed ‘The Quiet Revival.’
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By: Stephen McAlpine
The so-called whipping boys for our cultural sins these days are actual boys. We hear and read it all of the time. Boys are failing and men are wrong. So go the headlines. And there is much handwringing by the powers that be as they seek to address this. Read more
By: Stephen McAlpine
Have you seen or heard that warning on a train system, “Mind the Gap”?
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By: Stephen McAlpine
Okay, so it’s not the blog post you think it is going to be. Read more
By: Stephen McAlpine
One of the more chilling photos of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is of a family of holidaymakers standing in the shallows of the withdrawn sea, as the water come barrelling in again. Read more
By: Stephen McAlpine
The vibe change that is sweeping the Western world, and sweeping up religious observance with it, would seem to be landing on the shores of government schools. Read more
By: Stephen McAlpine
All of the conservative ducks have lined up in a row. Did you notice? The cultural and political vibe has shifted? Have you felt it? Read more
By: Stephen McAlpine
We’d been unpacking boxes for a while on Tuesday after a frantic day of delivery on Monday to our new place in Sydney. Read more