It is catching up with him… hopefully!

PRIME Minister John Howard was forced today to fend off new claims he was told no children had been thrown overboard from a crowded refugee boat before the last election.
Mr Howard maintained throughout the last election campaign and in the past three years that he had never been told […]

A reader sent this to me and Dan recently - thanks Alan.

Tomorrow, the Olympic Games open in Athens. Will you be joining millions of others around the globe in watching the opening ceremony? Before you do, I’d like you to think about this:
Yesterday in Athens, 20 women gathered on a rooftop to […]

I don’t care whether you are for or against the statement of the 43, but I have one minor suggestion regarding truth in government. How about the PM stops dicking around with the election date. If you are not going to call the election this weekend, just say you are not going to. […]

Well, the man of steel has capitulated and decided to accept Labor’s proposed amendments to the FTA enabling legislation, in order to tie up the FTA before parliament takes a break for a couple of weeks.
Sedgewick has described it quite aptly as a non-core back flip in the comments section of this thread over at […]

What a great line from Tuesday’s editorial in the age!

But she did not say how a ban on gay marriage would serve to strengthen traditional marriage. After all, when a heterosexual marriage fails - and they do fail with distressing frequency - it is not usually because gay people wish to make a lifelong commitment […]

This is so timely and apt that I just had to reproduce this at signposts.

Take back the faith by Jim Wallis
Many of us feel that our faith has been stolen, and it’s time to take it back. An enormous public misrepresentation of Christianity has taken place. Many people around the world now think Christian faith […]

Since our move into our new ministry centre and the opening of our opportunity shop we have seen an incredible increase in the number of people who come in for assistance. Our ministry centre is very highly visible and on one of the busiest roads in the northern suburbs. We are also located close to […]

There has been some ongoing discussion in blogsphere about how the emerging church can limit its costs by not having paid ministers. Although I must admit to not being up to date with all the conversation and also acknowledging my conflict of interest as a full time paid minister in a local church, I think […]

After reading this article I tried to think of a way to introduce it. The only way I could come up with was “Oh My God!” Maybe readers of signposts can be more articulate as my emotions betray me at the moment.

If you have missed this commentary on the novel Left Behind, you should remedy that immediately. Slacktivist is sharing reading notes as he goes through the novel. A sample from his latest entry:

Buck Williams and the authors have been so busy checking his e-mail that they seem to have forgotten he has a […]