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Sinister sounds: How the phonetics of scare words amplify their meaning
John Kline reflects on how scare words like ‘racist’ and ‘hate’ are designed to rattle us.
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Adulthood’s elusive instruction manual
It’s time to learn to take chances in life, says Nicole Law.
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Wading into Roe vs Wade
What a leaked judgement means - and doesn’t mean - for America’s abortion laws. Catherine Robinson explains.
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Is forgiveness overrated?
Maddy Fry’s visit to the cinema prompts her to ask some very uncomfortable questions about forgiveness.
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Can you have human dignity without Christianity?
(12 minute read) “If human dignity is a Christian concept, what happens to it after Christianity?” asks Nathaniel Peters.
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Extremes of forgiveness
(4 minute read) Abaigael Lorge says only heroic acts of reconciliation can truly heal traumatised and brutalised societies.
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Humour across cultures: no laughing matter
(7 minute read) Lisa Fraser warns of the pitfalls in jokes that don’t travel well.
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The Korean Lesson
(4 minute read) ByeongKyu Jun says using television is the secret to reuniting families displaced by war.
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No knights of faith, perhaps, but heroes of mine
(4 minute read) Joe Borg finds inspiration in some of the human weaknesses of priests in literature.
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Alone in Jerusalem
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds himself curious about, annoyed, but ultimately captivated by the Holy City.
