Last week, my wife and I had the privilege of presenting on the importance of the family to a families’ retreat in New Zealand. We discussed the importance of families from a political, social and theological point of view. For example, vast amounts of social-science data reveal that even somewhat difficult marriages still benefit children…
The last few weeks saw heavy rains across eastern Australia. Around Brisbane, low-lying roads were cut, and driveways too. While out for a morning jog, I saw an entire family – mum, dad, teenagers and a young girl – all shovelling (yes, everyone had a shovel)! They were picking up their gravel driveway off the…
Let’s face it – what is going on in the world is often hard to understand. There is so much happening and so many contradictory sources and it takes effort to explain why so much of what is happening is bad. It is important to try, but at the same time it is easy to…
The supermarket majors’ market concentration, now 65 per cent, and the problems that accompany it have been a concern of The Movement for decades. What the ABC has been reporting on the duopoly is disappointing but not surprising. It’s hard not to think something is up when you see prices rising while farmers complain about…
