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To me, over these past nearly 30 years, Howard Dillon has been a great brother in Christ and mentor who exemplified the life and ministry of a consistent Christ follower. Howard died in July and an article about him appears in the Sydney Morning Herald on this the last day of 2009. The encouragement and challenge of Howard’s life seems [...]

I commend this excellent address by Bishop George Leo Thomas, Friday, December 25, 2009 Christmas liturgy brought lasting lesson -

As a newly ordained priest in Seattle, I had eagerly anticipated the celebration of my first Christmas Mass.
The Cathedral was resplendent in holly and greens. The people were decked out in their finery. The choir began the liturgy with [...]

Andrew Denton interviews Richard Dawkins on ‘Elders’ ABC TV. It will remain available for just another 8 days so be sure to check it out soon! Richard Dawkins’ reluctance, indeed refusal, to respond to personal questions is quite remarkable, as is his body language. Thanks to Ross for the link. See Elders with Andrew Denton: Series 2: Episode 6: [...]

The Cathedral ‘Living Stable’ with the people and animals (including our donkeys of course) at the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem plus a ‘heavenly choir’ was blessed with good weather and passersby stopping and engaging in conversation and photo opportunities with the protagonists. The five afternoons of ministry from the ‘Living Stable’ led up to the 5 [...]

I extend to you and your families God’s richest blessings, peace and happiness as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
And to our spanish speaking friends,compliments of UNO Argentina, Feliz Navidad – Felicidades,
 
Que Dios con su amor y paz te de el verdadero motivo para festejar en estos días!!
Gracias por este [...]

I believe these billboards at our Cathedral send a more appropriate Christmas message than Church billboard – wrong message?

 ”LIVE IN THE CITY” – in the Cathedral Close we have donkeys,sheep, ferrets, shepherds, kings, Mary and Joseph and real live babies taking a turn at being The Baby! This is an intriguing living ‘ billboard’ telling of Jesus’ birth, ‘ Emmanuel; [...]

When religion seeks to rule by power or politicians use religion to rule we are all in for strife. The banning of the use of the word ‘Allah’ in the Bible is a good example of precisely what the Parliament of the World’s Religions seeks to avoid. Excert from the ‘Malaysian Insider’ re the ban on [...]

My CHRISTMAS MESSAGE has been sent off to the media. Here ’tis,  
Enjoying God, enjoying life
 Apparently, coming to a bus near you is a Tasmanian version of the UK bus ads, ‘There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy life.’
 While Christians are enjoying life and celebrating Christmas precisely because there is a loving God [...]

It occurs to me that a billboard is a sign: it points us towards something or someone. A billboard can be for good or ill: see Church billboard-wrong message?
I gained some further food for thinking about billboards from our Diocese’s website resources Lectionary-based study outlines, Growing Disciples of Jesus, the reading for 17 January 2010, John 2:1-11,
 ”Traditionally, [...]

The final text of the Anglican Covenant has been released. The Archbishop of Canterbury has heralded it through youtube. See A Covenant for Christmas with all the links to youtube, basic documents including comparing the controversial Section 4, commentary, etc from Will Briggs.