Review: Tweet Others as You Would Want to be Tweeted
In Tweet others as you would wish to be tweeted, a Scripture-based guide to social media for the church, Beth Doherty provides “a basic guide for Catholics and Christians who seek to use social media for the greater glory of God, but who have absolutely no idea where to start”.
Screen Saved
‘Screen Saved’ sounded a rather intriguing title when the editor of Aurora invited me to contribute something to the magazine on movies and meanings.
REVIEW: Dealing With Autism
In Dealing With Autism: How I successfully raised my child with autism and how you can too, Randa Habelrih shares her family’s personal journey. In 1996 Randa gave up her successful career in the cosmetics industry to travel the unknown waters of researching and implementing ongoing therapy for her newborn son Richard.
Marriage: what's in a name?
Surely the greatest thing about human beings, the clearest trace of our divine origins, is our capacity for deep and enduring love. The love between couples is not the only form of unconditional love, of course, but from earliest times it seems to have been a common and eminent part of our human experience. And couples who have declared their love to each other and chosen to be together for life seem always to have wanted to make their love and commitment known to the world. From the simplest village ‘hand joining’ to the announcement in The Times and the grand reception, couples have wanted to let their world know, and to have their world acknowledge, that their lives are now joined, that the two have become one.
Remembering, lest we forget
Director of Schools, Ray Collins, has long had a deep interest in the campaigns, and the cost, of World War I. He shares some reflections to mark the centenary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
Anzac Day: Ritual, yes. Sacred? Maybe.
Historian and Maitland parishioner, Michael Belcher, examines the links, real and imagined, between the observance of Anzac Day and the celebration of the greatest Christian feast, Easter.
OPINION: Hooked on a feeling?
Regular contributor Michael O’Connor offers a richer understanding of ‘true love’ than that provoked by the heart-fest that is St Valentine’s Day.