If there’s one thing social media companies have learned, it is that moral outrage is good for business. In fact, some sociologists have even begun to speak of the “Outrage Industry”.[1] We live in the age of the perpetually offended and these companies ensure that our feeds are always littered…
In recent weeks we’ve been considering the parables of Jesus found in Matthew 13. These are often referred to as Jesus’ kingdom parables because all of these serve to illustrate what the kingdom of heaven is like. Before we look at the parable of the mustard seed and the parable…
If there’s one thing, we as human beings are good at, it’s being spiteful. Your neighbour asks you to turn down the volume on your TV – so you turn the volume up even higher. The car behind you is driving just centimetres from your rear bumper, forcing you to…