Getting older doesn’t mean we have to become obsolete. It can mean continuing to grow, maturing, still ministering but perhaps in new ways, venturing into new paths and enjoying ourselves in fresh ways to the end of our days, learning from … Continue reading
Professor Ian Harper gave an outstanding address at this week’s Tasmanian Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast (now in its fourth year) about the Global Financial Crisis and our response to it. My notes, with apologies to the Professor 🙂 The Global Financial Crisis has … Continue reading
‘Facing the Future: Bishops imagine a different church’, edited by Stephen Hale and Andrew Curnow, is a fascinating collection of articles by 22 bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia shaped around three areas; ‘Facing our current reality; Faces of … Continue reading
How do we live? – some thoughts on living with difference; Gospel and culture What does Christ say about Australian jam, Amish buggies or Argentine maté? Is it about ‘better or worse’ cultures or, rather, the Jesus difference seen in sacrificing … Continue reading
1969 was a quite a year! What are the special events of 1969 that you recall? The accompanying photograph of ‘Time’ magazine’s cover ‘1969’ highlights some of these special events, and the magazine’s articles are a goldmine of information about … Continue reading
‘Ian Harper – Profile’ in the Sydney Morning Herald by Lucinda Schmidt commences, Setbacks have only served to make this economist more determined. In a perverse sort of way, economist Ian Harper’s career has been shaped largely by setbacks and disappointments, which … Continue reading
Stimulating reflections on a stimulating mission conference from one of our Imagine Project missioners who is leading ‘Connections’ in Somerset. All three of the daily posts are of interest, as well as McLaren on Anglicanism and, as if that was not enough grist for … Continue reading
At the Hutchins School I enjoyed accompanying the Chaplain, Rev Matt, during his classes. Very engaging times with the boys and their questions. Here is a sample: How do we know that Jesus is real? What did he really look … Continue reading
One of the questions on religion and ethics from the students during my “Bishop’s Day” at the Hutchins School concerned my opposition to euthanasia (patient asssisted suicide/medical killing) on the grounds that God gives life and God alone should take life, and … Continue reading
‘Mission’, ‘evangelism'(and ‘evangelization’) and ‘proselytism’ are often muddled by speakers and this results in confusion and conjecture. Thus David Virtue mentions the Bishop of Los Angeles apologizing to Hindu leaders for the Christian Church’s proselytism of Hindus. Is this apology for ‘proselytism’ a confusion of … Continue reading