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Prism is still a babe
We waited with eager anticipation in our household for the first Prism – it was certainly enjoyable reading.
Personally, I do have a few queries about some of the articles, but as you state in your edititorial, “we haven’t achieved all this in the first issue”, i.e., encourging each other to think Christianly about all of life.
The magazine is still a “babe”, and I’m sure it will mature with time.
It’s a great forum for gifted young (and maybe not so young) writers and artists to share their gifts with others.
We wish you and all the team God’s blessing on this project.
Frances Leibbrandt
So that’s what “redaction” means
Hi guys, great stuff!
Of course I’ll subscribe to this. I recommend what is written wholeheartedly to anyone. It’s fresh, inspiring, cool, and a whole lot more. I’d say to anyone: you cannot afford to skip this magazine.
Redaction team: a job very well done and certainly a promise of what is to come. Keep it up! We need this kind of stuff.
Jim Kloeg
Opposing “Opposing Zeals”
I must take issue with one of the more obvious cases of hyperbole in Opposing Zeals, Genevieve Smith’s article in the previous issue. As the mother of a small child, I have recent and continued contact with some of the organisations mentioned.
Perhaps it has just passed me by, but so far I haven’t noticed their desire or any strategies to steal my child or dim her into a “willing worker for the Government”.
In fact, their stated aims are quite benign: educating parents in domestic hygeine, promoting breastfeeding, training nurses in taking care of babies, and my personal favourite – inculcating a lofty view of motherhood.
To demonise them is not only misleading and unnecessary to make the point that we need to take responsibility for our children, but is just the sort of rhetoric I would have thought a magazine wanting to appeal to anything other than conservative Christian right-wing enthusiasts would want to avoid.
On top of all this, I believe that Genevieve has no children of her own, though her article would lead you to believe otherwise.
Kathy Bartlett
Thank you
Thanks heaps to all the people who contributed feedback for the first issue of Prism, and all those who subscribed! Also a big ups to editor Ben for his hard work and commitment! Our next issue’s going to be awesome.
Esther Zorn