By: Stephen McAlpine
Our daughter’s just turned 21. We bought her a new turntable, with speakers and plenty of vinyl records. Vinyl’s made a comeback – big time. Seems there’s something magical, and tangible, about it. Read more
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
Since Elvis’ untimely death in 1977, many reports of his lifestyle have made it difficult to differentiate fact from legend. Read more
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
Toy Story is where it all began for Pixar. Despite a range of short films, this was how we all were introduced to this animation powerhouse. Read more
By: City Bible Forum
On Monday morning I decided that I would take to all of our indoor plants with weed killer. Actually I didn’t decide that. I decided to feed all of the plants with liquid fertilizer, but inadvertently took the wrong bottle out of the cupboard and gave them all a liberal dose of glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Read more
By: City Bible Forum
The proverb “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” has long been recognised as a problematic one. Read more
By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue
When Michael Crichton’s science-fiction novel was initially made into a motion picture, the concept was the working of a brilliant imagination. Read more
By: City Bible Forum
Imagine being free from our problems for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Imagine living in a world where we could disconnect ourselves from the nagging personal foibles that encroach on our work life and professional development. Read more
Modern psychology research indicates that people who regularly give thanks are happier. Read more
By: Robert Martin, God in 60 Seconds
How do we have better relationships? Atheist philosopher Alain de Botton is critical of the notion, popular today, that claims that people are basically good and ‘angelic by nature’ because he says that this view of people is ‘highly troubling for relationships’. Read more
By: City Bible Forum
It’s often said the hardest part of any job is not the job itself, but the people we work with. Read more