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
A Thanksgiving to God for the life of Russell Morton was held at St David’s Cathedral Hobart last Saturday, 23 February 2013. Family and friends came from near and far, filling the sunlight Cathedral. The Order of Service had been … Continue reading
An inspiring testimony: Living with vulnerability and under medical threat yet hope and refuge in the arms of a strong God. I belong to a very ordinary Australian family, albeit with two obvious differences. First, compared with the stereotypical sports-loving, tough Aussie, some … Continue reading
I am at Burnie this weekend. Saturday’s Seminar is on Understanding the Old Testament and I am looking forward to learning more of God’s world and our participation in his work in the world. On Sunday I am preaching for Back … Continue reading
Jonah 4:8b-11 (Jonah) wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. … Continue reading
Day 15 Jonah 4:6-8a 6 Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But … Continue reading
Jonah 4:5 5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. Romans 5:6-8 6 You … Continue reading
Jonah 4:1-4 1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by … Continue reading
Jonah 3:10 10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Luke 23:39-43 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled … Continue reading
A letter to the editor brought a loud cheer at our breakfast table! In the Sunday Tasmanian Rick Giddings of the Anglican Parish of Brighton wrote: … Coles and Woolworths are not doing anything wrong by selling hot cross buns. However, … Continue reading