Elliptical faith: Religion in the dots and thin spaces

On Saturdays, I do a few hours of subediting work on the News Corp Australia metro newspapers, such as the Sunday Telegraph in Sydney and the Herald Sun in Melbourne. This weekend I subbed a couple of stories that contained some bad language; the conventions we follow on the newspapers to deal with such words …

Darth Vader and the problem of evil: The worst sermon ever preached

Some moments are so embarrassing, so cringeworthy, so regrettable, they deserve to be canonised. If it's true that we learn from our mistakes, it's probably also true that our mistakes can teach others. And if not, well ... maybe they'll just give them a bloody good laugh. The worst sermon ever preached in the entire …