war Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/war/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:48:50 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png war Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/war/ 32 32 Why Defence chaplains carry Bibles, not guns https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2017 01:21:28 +0000 https://journeyonline.com.au/?p=23391 Whether on the front line with Australian troops or working with military personnel and their families, Defence Force chaplains like Uniting Church minister Rev Charles Vesely are a potent reminder that the end state of conflict is always peace. Dianne Jensen reports. In the deep night silence of a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Australian ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/features/keeping-the-peace/feed/ 0 Is Iraq about our selfies? https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/iraq-selfies/ https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/iraq-selfies/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:13 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=19714 “So much death! What can men do against such reckless hate?” asks a despairing Théoden, faced with the pitiless onslaught of the orcs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. There’s an unnerving echo of the battle for Middle Earth in the media coverage of the unfolding Middle East crisis. Unlike the wearisome conflicts ...

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]]> https://journeyonline.com.au/culture/iraq-selfies/feed/ 0 Hope for the Holy Land https://journeyonline.com.au/features/hope-for-the-holy-land/ https://journeyonline.com.au/features/hope-for-the-holy-land/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:50:27 +0000 http://new.journeyonline.com.au/?p=14129 The Holy Land is stitched into the fabric of the Christmas story. Could Mary and Joseph make their way to Bethlehem in today’s conflict-ridden West Bank? Mardi Lumsden explores hopes for peace in Israel and Palestine. From its beginning, Jerusalem has been a city in conflict, and the regions around have been conquered and fought over for ...

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