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David

  • Thinking matters – What's in a Worldview?

    Welcome to the third instalment of my series - Thinking Matters.

  • Sarah Young (Melbourne) and Sophia Sinclair (Christchurch) win the 2014 Best Article Consistency Awards and each took home $500

    Sarah Young from Melbourne and Sophia Sinclair of Christchurch New Zealand each won their respective nation\'s 2014 Best Article Consistency Award (designated the Mark and Delma Tronson) sponsored by Mr Basil Sellers AM and presented by Well-Being Australia\'s Russell Modlin at the Press Service International\'s gala awards event last weekend on the Gold Coast.

  • Say, what?

    There\'s a favourite story of mine about friends who arrived in Vancouver, late at night from New Zealand. They were jetlagged and groggy, arriving at their hotel after a 15 hour flight - with limited tolerance and looking forward to crashing into bed.

  • Manchester United finally find form with new team & coach!!!

    Manchester United had their first win in 4 matches on Sunday, with a 4-0 thumping at home against Queens Park Rangers. United needed a win after 3 disappointing results against lower ranked opposition and one of United\'s worst starts to a Premier League season.

  • Mercy Ships to bring world's largest hospital ship to Madagascar

    Mercy Ships announced this week that they have accepted the invitation from of the President of the Republic of Madagascar, His Excellency Hery Rajaonarimampianina, to bring the world\'s largest civilian hospital ship to Madagascar for its next field service until the middle of 2015.

  • New Zealanders urged to go 'Shoeless' for impoverished Cambodian kids

    One of New Zealand\'s most passionate campaigners for social justice, Katie Boom, is urging New Zealanders to take off their shoes on 24 October and join her in raising $200,000 to educate Cambodia\'s most impoverished children.

  • ISIS erases Syriac culture; Christian teachings from schools

    In a move to further establish the Islamic caliphate, ISIS militants have imposed the mandatory removal of all Syriac and Christian teachings from school curricula.

  • Erbil church housing hundreds of refugee families

    The so-far \'safe\' city of Erbil in Kurdish-governed north-eastern Iraq has seen thousands of Christian refugees arrive over the last few months with many relying on the church for sanctuary. But how are local churches bearing up to the influx?

  • Casey Murray (winner) and Jeremy Suisted (theological) New Zealand's top young writers of 2014

    Casey Murray (winner) and Jeremy Suisted (theological) both won the 2014 \'Basil Sellers\' New Zealand Young Writers $1000 Award. Casey Murray is based in Auckland and Jeremy Suisted in Cambridge (near Hamilton) with Casey two points ahead after 8 months determined by seven Panellists, having marked all the New Zealand young writers.

  • Imagining the Kingdom

    At the New England Conservatory of Music, America\'s oldest and arguably most prestigious music college, a group of thirty students nervously gathered in class, one Friday in September.