(This article was also published in a slightly shorter version in Eureka Street (on-line journal): LINK . You are welcome to comment thoughtfully there or… Read More »Stephanie Dowrick. Can the Catholic Church survive its near-terminal self-harm?
It is with my social justice hat on that I wrote the article you can access below. You are very welcome to comment on it… Read More »Stephanie Dowrick: Taxing Questions
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/secret-mens-business-of-the-arms-industry-needs-exposure-20180202-h0spx3.html When governments make decisions that may offend or appall many of us, or that seem to be utterly against the public good, we can… Read More »Stephanie Dowrick: Australia’s choice to “arm” the arms industries
An absence of moral compass in political and corporate leadership is increasingly decried. We talk about it. Legitimately, we complain. And we worry. What people… Read More »Stephanie Dowrick discusses Integrity & Moral Intelligence
Perhaps the greatest stain on Christianity is its centuries-long abhorrent treatment of Jewish people. This persecution is more than tragic given that Jesus was himself,… Read More »No place for race or religious hatred
You can certainly help your children to be happier by becoming happier (more engaged, more considerate, and kinder) yourself. Of course you want your children… Read More »Want your children to be happy?
Spiritual transformation: the essential prelude to peace What follows is a revised version of the talk I gave at the Common Dreams (progressive Christianity) conference… Read More »Spiritual transformation: the essential prelude to peace
Stephanie Dowrick is a life-long social activist and peace-maker. She reflects here on the wisdom of non-violence and the urgent necessity of our understanding this… Read More »Big issues; Great thinkers. Why non-violence is essential.
“Loving ourselves” should be entirely natural. It should also lead us away from anxious self-obsession and certainly far away from debilitating self-pity. In fact, self-love… Read More »Stephanie Dowrick on self-acceptance and self-love
Publication of Heaven on Earth * New bookstore link: free postage * “Heavenly”: Special concert announcement for 23 November 2013 * Interfaith service, Sydney, this… Read More »Universal Heart Newsletter – Heaven on Earth publication