Society & Culture
-
Finding Truth in the Age of Deepfakes
Nathan Tasker
New technology is allowing ultra-realistic renderings of people’s faces and voices into videos where they are not present. What was once a harmless joke now has the potential to unsettle the world.
-
The Final Divide
Daniel Kuberek
Bitter tensions between the political left and right are leaving people concerned about the future. Who can bring unity?
-
The Dark Side of Onlyfans
Caitlin Jankiewicz
The subscriber-only website is best known for its amateur pornography content. But, as people sell their naked photos for large sums of money, they’re also selling themselves short.
-
Competition vs cooperation in a crisis
Mark Delaney
The natural human impulse is to bunker down and look out for Number One when times get tough. But is that actually the most effective response?
-
Public fame, private shame
Mark Hadley
Should we judge public figures by their private behaviour? And, asks Mark Hadley, what does this dissection of others’ misdemeanours reveal about the darkness in our own hearts?
-
Seeking a good death: The challenge of legalised euthanasia
Victoria is on track to allow doctor-assisted suicide from next year. New Zealand is not far behind. Bruce Manners examines the issue.
-
Obsession about possessions
Brendan Pratt
Consumerism threatens to destroy us and our world, warns Brendan Pratt. Here’s what we can do about it.
-
Reaching for the summit
Julene Duerksen-Kapao
Life is an uphill battle for many marginalised young people in New Zealand, particularly Māori. But educator Julene Duerksen-Kapao has big dreams for these kids and is committed to walking alongside them, one step at a time.
-
The view from the cross
Charles Mills
Charles Mills reflects on what—and who—Jesus saw as He hung crucified between heaven and earth.
-
Godless nation?
More Aussies than ever say they’re not religious, but the evidence doesn’t show they’re hardcore atheists either, says Bruce Manners.
-
Passover: Why is this night different?
Bob Mendelsohn
It’s no accident that Christian Easter and Jewish Passover occur around the same time every year. These ancient festivals are inextricably linked, explains Bob Mendelsohn, and perhaps even in ways that most Jews and Christians don’t understand.
-
Ethical consumption and the gospel
Jonathan Cornford
Jonathan Cornford says that Western society is standing at the crossroads where the crisis of the church and the crisis of the world meet
-
Hard luck
Miguel Valdivia
While regulators ignore appeals from the grassroots, the gambling industry continues to gobble up profits. All just harmless fun? Don’t bet on it.
-
Christmas: time of despair or symbol of hope?
Errol Webster
Sex, violence and suicide. Why you should think about these topics this Christmas.
-
Jesus the Gift
Bjorn Karlman
Bjorn Karlman reflects on Jesus’ descent from heaven to earth to live and die among us, from the point of view of the father of a two-year-old.
-
You will not have my hate
Nick Mattiske
To "not hate" isn't to love. The former leaves one indifferent; the latter brings about lasting change.
-
Gift of the century
Loren Seibold
Our society increasingly measures people by the value of their possessions, but there’s an alternative that’s much better.
-
Hope amid the violence
Violence, oppression and inequality are part and parcel of today's world. How are we to cope with this scary, new normal?
-
Overheard: August 2016
* Multiple Authors
Overheard a worthy food-for-thought quote? Share it at info@signsofthetimes.org.au.
-
Book review: James K A Smith: You Are What You Love
Nick Mattiske
In You Are What You Love, James K A Smith reminds us that spirituality concerns what we value most, and we show what we value even when we are not thinking about it by how we spend our lives.
-
Overheard: July 2016
* Multiple Authors
Overheard a worthy food-for-thought quote? Share it at info@signsofthetimes.org.au.
-
Go Healthy For Good - July 2016
Nerida Mckibben
Nerida McKibben is the host of HopeChannel’s health and wellness show, Go Healthy For Good. To find out more, go to www.hop.ec/gohealthyforgood.
-
Overheard: June 2016
* Multiple Authors
Overheard a worthy food-for-thought quote? Share it at info@signsofthetimes.org.au.
-
Be the master of your money
How can we make money work for us? How do we become its master?