A newly released policy report by two Australian sight-saving and support organizations has identified critical gaps in policies and programs that undermine the welfare of older people with disabilities.
Taking editor's privilege, CDI Opinion Editor Jay Mātenga introduces a new book to the Christian leadership market that he had some involvement in bringing to life. Bill Taylor's "Leading From Below" is a counter-cultural yet biblically-faithful reflection on leadership from a veteran of the Evangelical global missions community. This is a landmark volume full of anecdotes from decades of leadership experience, providing an insider's perspective of what many wonder global Christian leadership mi
Christianity is becoming increasingly and unfortunately polarized. Conservative and progressive perspectives can be harmonized when correctly understood. This is for the benefit of our faith now and in the future. The pastoral perspective in this opinion explains how.
Mothers experience a great deal of change when first becoming a parent. This time in a family's life can provide an open door for exploring spirituality and finding faith within a mothers group. The rest of the family is likely to follow.
Thinking your personality and talents are fixed can inhibit your potential. Willingness to learn something new can lead to great growth but it is not unlimited. God invites us to live with sober judgment towards maturity in Christ.
Mission Australia has issued a stern response to the Australian Government’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), saying homeless people will be negatively affected by the financial broadcast for the next four years.
Churches are still recovering following the traumatic effects of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake striking 30 kilometers west of the capital Port Vila on the south western Pacific island of Vanuatu, taking multiple lives and causing damage to buildings, including churches, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
A newly published “Global Hope Report 2024” by international Christian aid agency Tearfund Australia reveals that despite a wide range of issues raising people's anxieties, Australian Christians are overall more hopeful for the future of their country and the wider world compared to their peers living in the country.
The wider Church has been good at talking to young people but arguably not so good at listening to them – an underlying focus for three Converge/Your Story conferences attended by 200 people and 86 organizations in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in Australia early last month, November 2024.
Australia has passed legislation to ban children under 16 from using social media, a move that will enforce the world’s strictest regulations on platform usage by minors. The ban, which will not come into effect for at least 12 months, allows for penalties of up to A$50 million ($32.5 million; £25.7 million) for tech companies that fail to comply. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the new law as essential for protecting young people from the "harms" of social media, a concern echoed
A proposed law to give Australia’s media authority more powers and posing a danger of silencing critics of abortion and trans ideology, of great concern to rights group Australian Christian Lobby, has been withdrawn in a dramatic turnaround. Australian lawmakers initially approved the “Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024” in the House of Representatives by 78 votes to 57 on November 7, as reported by Christian Daily International.
A British health authority faces legal action for calling a Christian nurse a “potential risk” after she said “Mister” to a transgender prisoner jailed for luring boys into sex acts by pretending to be a teenage girl on social media.
