St Matthew-in-the-city (Auckland, New Zealand) have caused a worldwide stir with a billboard showing Joseph and Mary in bed, titled “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.” The billboard went up last Thursday and was defaced with brown … Continue reading
Looking beyond the frailties of the Christmas festivities to the beauty and truth that it obscures. We eagerly watched the evening television news. Would the presentation of the ‘reason for the season’ in the Hobart Christmas parade be on the … Continue reading
Revd Will Briggs recently wrote a stimulating book review on ‘Montgomery of Tasmania’ by Robert Withycombe, Acorn Press, here are some excerpts, Montgomery was a man empassioned by the mission of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Into a pre-WWI world … Continue reading
My personal reflection upon the parliament of the World’s Religions 2009 in Melbourne include the following, I met some marvellous people from many religions at the Parliament. I give thanks to God for this wonderful privilege of meeting in a safe … Continue reading
At the Closing Ceremony of the Parliament of the World’s Religions an outstanding prayer was made by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Philip Freier. It is a great example of a Christian prayer being offered with integrity in a multifaith garthering. I … Continue reading
This, the final day of the Parliament, Colin and I decided to join with the Sikh community in their morning observance. This interest in the Sikh observance links back to the Sikh taxi driver I had coming to the Parliament and also an extended conversation … Continue reading
‘Praying together in Times of Happiness, in Times of Sorrow? The Ongoing Dilemma for the Interfaith Movement’ was a wonderfully honest session. It was just so good to hear adherents of faiths struggling to know how to demonstrate solidarity with people from other faith … Continue reading
An environmental protester, a performance artist, greets us as we enter the PWR – photograph and brief ABC article at environmental protest. I attended an early morning observance led by a Sufi Imam on, “So that you may know one another”: the call … Continue reading
8am Holy Communion in the Anglican style “Thank you for a welcoming service” began the Sabbath Day at the PWR Convention – room105! +Philip Freier of Melbourne led, Colin prayed and I preached. A special occasion of worship amidst the cacophony of … Continue reading
I began the morning with meditation lead by Father Laurence Freeman of the Australian Christian Meditation Community. I was refreshed by the introduction and a time meditating. A distinction was made between meditation and contemplation: meditation is the work we do to receive … Continue reading