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Faith in video games

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 01:21:53 +0000

They are an integral part of popular culture and a multi-billion dollar industry but video games have largely shied away from religion: from the earlier years of Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog and Pac-Man to the current crop of Call of Duty, Pokemon and Grand Theft Auto, Christianity has rarely featured in a substantial or ...

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Best and worst birthday presents

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:58:20 +0000

With all the talk within the church about birthdays recently we thought what better time than now to ask staff members what were the best and worst birthday presents they’ve received. Here’s Ben with his memories. The best I should probably list something that was romantic or sentimental from a significant other or family member but ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:03:37 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Check back in every Friday to see the latest wrap up of religious news that made us think and reflect. The Bible gets a steampunk makeover for online gaming Christian Today reports on an online Bible game made in New Zealand which is taking the world ...

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What the church needs to learn from Pokémon GO

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:33:13 +0000

The augmented reality app sweeping the world is sending a lot of people to church. Mardi Lumsden offers some lessons the church needs to learn from the phenomenon. Your buildings are landmarks, but you need to get out more PokéStops, gyms etc. are decided by a database of user-supplied data created for a previous game by the ...

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