Preaching to the Converted
Book | Live Love Lead | Brian Houston Review by Emmet O’Cuana “Your Heavenly Father didn’t create you to live a life of mediocrity. He created you to live life in the faith lane.
Familiar families
Film | Gayby Baby | PG Review by Emmet O’Cuana Opening with now very familiar statements from politicians, pundits, and the then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard, opposing gay marriage, this documentary is both timely and od
The WDBJ7 Tragedy
Photo: Twitter: @WDBJ7 By Emmet O’Cuana I wish I had not watched the footage. It was late last night. I should have been asleep.
‘What Shall It Profit’ – Australian labour exploitation and cheap goods
Illustration by Garth Jones Dr Mark Zirnsak, Director of the Justice and International Mission Unit (JIM), has given an interview to The Weekly Times in response to the Uniting Church’s stance on worker exploitation in A
Guaranteed Pure book review – God Inc.
Book | Guaranteed Pure | Timothy EW Gloege Review by Emmet O’Cuana Gloege’s Guaranteed Pure sets out to establish how American business culture in the late-19th century became an essential element of middle-class Prote
It’s OK to be Sad – Inside Out Review
Film | Inside Out | PG Review by Emmet O’Cuana The dedication that ends this film’s credits says simply – ‘This film is dedicated to our kids. Please don’t grow up. Ever.
Two Men and a Church – Alex Gibney’s Going Clear
Film | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | M Review by EMMET O’CUANA Documentary maker Alex Gibney’s Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room was an acclaimed piece of film-making applauded for exposin
Mad Max Fury Road
Review by Emmet O’Cuana Film | Mad Max: Fury Road | MA When I was far too young, I was shown a film that featured horrific violence, death, fascist oppression and, ultimately, the end of the world.
Ireland Says Yes We Do
By Emmet O’Cuana An Australian Christian lobby group responded to the events of the weekend in Ireland with the following statement “the redefinition of marriage and family in Ireland this weekend is a wake-up call to A
Testament of Youth review
Review by Emmet O’Cuana Film| Testament of Youth| M Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, the first of a series of lengthy memoirs, is a classic appeal to pacifism inspired by the horrors of the First World War.
’71 – Children, Churches and Kitchens
Review by Emmet O’Cuana Film l ‘71 l MA After the collapse of the Northern Irish civil rights movement, violence between Catholic and Protestant communities across the region set in motion the horrific events of Bl
Homeless in Melbourne – mortgage stress just one issue
Mark Dixon, General Manager of Homelessness Services at Harrison UnitingCare in Victoria was interviewed on ABC’s Lateline recently about the current state of homelessness in the state.