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The ANZAC Day Phenomena Amidst all the anti-war sentiment of the Vietnam War, it looked like ANZAC Day was on its way out. Now attendance is at an all-time high. It’s importance as a national day of identity and reflection even rivals Australia Day. Despite [...]

New Year’s Eve 2000 was celebrated on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by recognition of Arthur Stace’s Christian message, repeatedly chalked on Sydney streets over many years. My daughter asked: "Why that word -- 'Eternity'?" I typed up the history, as she wished to place it [...]

Prayer leader Lou Engle has said, “You should look for the answers to corporate days of prayer and fasting in the headlines of secular newspapers.” From the drought to the bushfires to Australia’s effective response to the virus, we are seeing this prove true time [...]

It is well known that most who served in the Anzac forces were believers in our Lord Jesus. Many carried Bibles. I share three stories here. First, Harry Bell who lied about his age to join the Australian Light Horse and gave his life at [...]

Silent tears well in my saddened eyes As the men and their memories march, They are old and grey, but world-war wise Their demeanour stiffened as starch. The lump in my throat tries to comprehend The perils they faced and fought, The calls of justice [...]

Help us Lord God – as we think of Gallipoli and Villers-Bretonneux and Passchendaele and Fromelles and Bullecourt and Pozieres – and so many other places such as Burma and Vietnam – help us as we feel that grief to also feel and know enormous [...]

Today we celebrate Anzac Day. For some, it’s a day of national pride. For others, it’s a chance to mourn our nation’s injustices. So which should it be? And why is our civilisation so divided over this? For most majority-world nations, on days of remembrance [...]