Ian Clarkson's Blog
Chairman, Hopenet SA Inc

Safe Or Saintly
Are we becoming dangerously shortsighted by binding ourselves and our kids into the stifling confinement of ‘being safe’ everywhere and all the time? Our growing

Australia Day: A common spirituality
Australia Day: A common spirituality – outrageous yet obvious. The perennial Australia Day debate presents an opportunity to acknowledge and work from a living uniting

Census Reflections
So, the Census discussion lingers on. In 1921 92% said they were Christian. But then as now there is not much point in looking to

Examples: Albanese and Morrison
In a trivial election spat with the PM, Anthony Albanese, referring to his weight loss, dropped this one: “And I hope that, in public life,

To Advance Australia Fair
Since retiring from my last formal denominational role on the founding Standing Committee of Generate Presbytery, (an orthodox evangelical oversight of some 100 mainly small

Why don’t we talk about this family wrecker?
I don’t like writing on this subject at all, but my pastoral practice and heart troubled for the safety of children compels me. It is