Hospital Chaplain, Reverend Alan Bulmer, has written to Health Minister for Tasmania, The Hon. Michelle O’Byrne, in response to her draft Abortion Legislation for Tasmania. As I read his sensitive letter, I was reminded again that the pastoral consequences of … Continue reading
A wall poster says, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Interesting, because it can be read both positively and negatively: ‘get going’ is positively ‘get to work’ or negatively ‘get out of here – flee!’ When the … Continue reading
From Bill Muehlenberg, Tasmania, Abortion, and Big Brother, Although abortion has been effectively open slather in Australia for decades now, some states are still moving to give it even greater protected status, and in fact make things much harder on … Continue reading
Guest Blogger: Revd David Boyd writes, One aspect of the assisted dying debate is that such measures will always leave some people who fall outside the guidelines pleading for the guidelines to be widened to allow them to be included. … Continue reading
This last Friday submissions closed for responses to a consultation paper put out by Hons Lara Giddings and Nick McKim in their aim of introducing euthanasia – what they call “Voluntary Assisted Dying” (VAD). The Anglican Church of Tasmania has … Continue reading
Dear Brothers and Sisters, BISHOP’S PASTORAL LETTER: ABORTION LAW FOR TASMANIA? UPDATE 16 March Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have updated my letter of yesterday on this issue due to a) the Minister’s decision to extend … Continue reading
REVD PETER GUILDFORD NORTH Revd Roger Hesketh took the funeral of the Revd Peter Guilford North at St John’s Launceston on Thursday 21 February 2013. Roger writes: Peter will be deeply missed by his wife Joan and family. Peter was a … Continue reading
God speaks. God speaks life. God speaks life to us. Tasmania is experiencing a tumultuous summer. This new year has seen already many parts of our beautiful state affected by the destruction of bushfires. As I mentioned in my pastoral … Continue reading
Local advocacy group, RealDignityTas, have recently published the following youtube clip. It is a response to the recent paper produced by Lara Giddings and Nick McKim, Voluntary Assisted Dying: A Proposal for Tasmania. The Giddings-McKim paper accuses those who oppose euthanasia of relying … Continue reading