Good news, Pastor Terry Jones told NBC’s TODAY show on Saturday that his church in Gainesville, Fla., would not burn Qurans in protest to the building of an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. … Continue reading
Some (mixed) good news from THE AGE today (September 10, 2010 – 8:37am); The evangelical Christian pastor from Florida who was threatening to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday’s ninth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks has … Continue reading
What will you be doing on the 9th anniversary of the destruction of the Twin Towers by Islamic extremists? I will be giving a seminar ‘Understanding our Muslim Neighbours’. Sadly, an extremist group plans on burning a Koran – this … Continue reading
Great day yesterday as I caught up with Melbourne Footballer and Tasmanian Brad Green in the Elizabeth Street Mall, Hobart. I am pictured with Brad and an autographed 2001 photo of him. Brad’s mother worships at the Anglican Parish in … Continue reading
What I have learnt is that economic development projects, funded by aid, can and do work. They work by tackling poverty on many levels – by introducing initiatives such as education and skills training, agricultural development and access to finance, … Continue reading
Discerning comment by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam: The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-Interest always runs a good race. [1] In May we heard of the sorry tale of … Continue reading
Following my day visiting St Michael’s Collegiate School, the Chaplain wrote some reflections in the School Magazine, The Students’ questions ranged from, How old are you? and Do you like chocolate more than ice-cream or ice-cream more than chocolate? to … Continue reading
Guest blogger, Bishop Ross Nicholson’ writes, Good morning all It’s only a week till Back to Church Sunday (12 September). Thanks to you all for encouraging your folk to be praying about who they will invite. Please encourage them this week … Continue reading
The Weekend Australian carried Piers Paul Read’s article on the apparent absence of guilt from our 21st century consumer society with the heading ‘Has guilt gone out of fashion?’. Guilt, as all right-minded people know, is the unpleasant feeling that … Continue reading