2017 was a big year for news – and a big year for Sight as we brought you stories aimed to inform, challenge and inspire. Here are 10 of our ‘must read’ features that you may have missed (and there’s plenty more to found in our features section)…
2017 was a big year for news – and a big year for Sight as we brought you stories aimed to inform, challenge and inspire. Here are 10 of our ‘must read’ features that you may have missed (and there’s plenty more to found in our features section)…
COMMUNITY BUILDING: HOW ONE FAMILY IS SHARING CHRIST’S LOVE IN A BALI GYM
LAUREN MUSCAT visits a gym in the community of Sanur, Bali, that’s using martial arts training and education to help local children reach their potential…
BOOKS: AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ARTISTS BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO BIBLE STORIES
DAVID ADAMS reports on the creation of a new book, Our Mob, God’s Story, showcasing the work of Indigenous Australian artists to mark the bicentenary of Bible Society Australia…
MEDICAL ETHICS: BRITISH BABY ON LIFE SUPPORT DRAWS IN POPE, TRUMP
The situation of terminally ill British child Charlie Gard has made headlines around the world. DANICA KIRKA and NICOLE WINFIELD, in an article which comes via Religion News Service, explain what the case is all about…
US POLITICS: CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICALS REVEL IN “UNPRECEDENTED” ACCESS TO PRESIDENT
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the connection between the Trump administration and evangelicals – and who’s not getting access…
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL: HOW MICROFINANCE IS HELPING TO CHANGE LIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES
In the first of a series looking at the work of Christian microfinance organisation Opportunity International Australia and its partner agency ASKI in The Philippines, DAVID ADAMS reports on how small loans are changing lives…
• DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL: THE GROWING TREND OF TAILORING SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY
• DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL: THE KEY ROLE WOMEN PLAY IN LIFTING THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
REFORMATION 500: HERE HE STOOD – LUTHERAN PILGRIMS TRAVEL TO GERMANY FOR ANNIVERSARY
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports from Germany for Religion News Service…
REFUGEES: LIKE “WALKING THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL” – CALLS GROW FOR URGENT ACTION ON THE ROHINGYA CRISIS
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Tim Costello, World Vision Australia’s chief advocate, about his recent visit to the world’s fasting growing refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh…
CHURCH LIFE: AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS THINK ENVIRONMENTAL CARE A “RESPONSIBILITY” BUT NOT MANY HEAR IT PREACHED
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Dr Ruth Powell, of the National Church Life Survey, about the findings of the latest poll into the make-up and attitudes of the Australian church…
US: DEDICATED TO GOD, MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE OPENS WITH PRAYER AND FANFARE
The day has finally arrived. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the opening of Washington, DC’s, newest museum…
MUSIC: ‘ANGELS’ ALBUM RELEASED AS PRODUCTION LOOKS TO A FUTURE ON BROADWAY
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Marcus Cheong, one of the key creative figures behind the musical ANGELS , about the long road to the release of the cast album (even as he prepares for a second run at taking the production to a Broadway stage)…
