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Surrender Indigenous

Surrender Indigenous

The Surrender conference has been running in the eastern states for a number of years, but recently it came to Perth for the first time.

  • Democracy can’t save Hong Kong

    After months of increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, the city is no closer to resolving its deep-seated identity crisis. Questions of ‘what does it mean to be a Hong Konger’ and ‘ought Hong Kong be Chinese or British’ remain unanswered.

  • The Mission of God Part 2 – Being Sent by Jesus

    Don’t you like to travel to new places and visit familiar places?

  • Planning for Schoolies

    In Eastern Australia, the traditional end-of-school celebration, is popularly called 'Schoolies Week'. In Australia, the end of the academic year and impending summer also coincide with the forthcoming Christmas holidays. The air of festivities is therefore multiplied several-fold.

  • The Vicki Nunn story

    I was born in Central Queensland and spent the majority of my life here, with a stint in several other places.

  • The beauty ideal

    Growing up, I was Bunny-esque, no beauty queen. I had a mouthful of braces to realign my Bugs teeth, and I wore wire rimmed glasses to correct my short sightedness. To complement my already awkward features, I had short—and often frizzy—hair. Best of all, weekend activities spent under the hot, tropical sun had given me an ugly tan.

  • Considerations in a new church building

    Many, many churches (from the first followers of Christ and then the communities in the Catacombs) have started in the most humble of physical surroundings.

  • Ladies, you’ve been duped

    It makes me sad to hear so many ladies rejecting their God-given roles as women in favour of pursuing a man’s role. Or perhaps better phrased, many homemakers are looked down upon and look down on themselves, for being what they are.

  • A murderous adulterer after God’s own heart

    Without having the statistics to back me up, I feel like most adults in Australia would have heard of King David in some way or another.

  • Coming to terms with my Christian sinfulness

    Walk into most churches and you will find a plethora of euphemisms to describe our condition before God and our need for Jesus. Missing the mark, stuffing up, falling short, making mistakes.

  • Thomas Shadrach James  -  Australian Educator

    A most unlikely man was engaged in education in the early days of Australian schooling. Even more improbable is the fact that he said he went into teaching because ‘God spoke’ to him.

  • A low profile

    From anecdotal evidence, a fascinating aspect of Australian suburban life, is the desire to keep a low profile, regardless of how much or how little one might be involved in community activities.