The plot we find ourselves in
It’s a strange thing that, as followers of Jesus, we are dwellers in a story. Religion is often conceived and described as ideology or a philosophy or an ethical system […]
God on the Dance Floor
Ballroom dancing must be the western culture’s last bastion of patriarchy. A few months ago Nikki (my wife) and I ticked off our to-do-list by taking up dancing. Like most […]
Top 5 posts of 2015
Eager to revisit or catch up with some missed insights of 2015? Here’s today’s food-for-thought with the most read Wondering Fair posts in 2015. 1. My Little Ponies Makeover by Jessica Hughes […]
Christmas Nostalgia
I’ll let you in on a little family secret: my wife is one of those people. You know, the people who would listen to Christmas music all year round, set […]
Christmas for me?
‘The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David […]
Christmas in the South
“Mama, it doesn’t feel like Christmas,” my five-year-old daughter declared while drinking hot chocolate on a steamy Sydney morning. “Why?” “Because we’re eating sweets and it’s hot…and we don’t have […]
Closure and New Beginnings
Last night I watched Aloha, a 2015 film starring Rachel McAdams, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Stone. It is a movie, among a few things, about closure and new beginnings. The […]
Here for Good
Believe it or not, for someone of faith I am something of a cynic. I recoil at a lot of what gets passed as ‘Christian,’ am nervous in large congregations, […]
You aren’t inclusive: we are all about exclusivity
Many sincere people earnestly asking questions about God often have difficulty even considering Christianity because of its exclusivity — it claims to be the only way to God, the only […]
The Lure of Mystery
We crave the spiritual. But not too much, mind you. This month I read for the first time an author I had heard a lot about, the celebrated Japanese writer […]
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