Imperial Politics vs Democracy
In my last Wondering Fair article, I discussed how inconvenience sometimes aids credibility, particularly for politicians. Similarly, I suggested that Jesus has credibility because He says a lot of inconvenient […]
Choosing Credibility over Convenience
Recently, the Australian Labor government announced an emissions trading scheme. The validity of the scheme has been debated since, but perhaps of more interest has been the response by the […]
An Invitation
I want to invite you to reconsider Christianity. Let me explain… Over the last few weeks there has been an explosive controversy in many Christian circles in North America over […]
Excited by Conflict
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed those battle scenes. Rifles, tanks on the streets, maps analysing the conflict: all was so… well… exciting. A few months ago the […]
Crumbling Down with Grace
An accident unravelled before my eyes a few weeks ago. As I was walking down a quiet street with a busy intersection, it struck my ears first, which caught the […]
Appreciation
Let’s talk about something really controversial: Getting kids to sleep. For those who haven’t climbed that mountain yet, there are generally two sides in this controversy. One is the “Attachment Parenting” […]
Surprised by Empathy
This past week the world caught its breath. Throughout the Arab world, masses took the streets, and in Egypt the protest movement achieved epic proportions. Thousands if not millions of […]
In Sickness and In Faith
I think about food a lot, probably more than most people. I read the ingredients list on every item of food I buy, even packets of sweets and chewing gum. […]
Wondering Fair at 30,000
Wondering Fair starts off 2011 with 30,000 visits! From elephant art to the problem of evil, from sex and politics to a spirituality of beauty, WF has sought to convey […]
The History-Turning Paradox
Bethlehem is emphatically a place where extremes meet. A mass of literature, which increases and will never end, has repeated and rung the changes on this single paradox; that the […]
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