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A YouTube clip (2.20 minutes) for the congregation on Easter Day, or any day! 🙂 See, http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/stethoscope.html Compliments of Richard Steven. … Continue reading
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The value of having the worship service in a booklet that I can take home and ponder has been affirmed once again. Following the Good Friday Service of Meditations at the Cathedral, the service booklet including the prayers for reconciliation … Continue reading
My Easter message appears in Tasmania’s three major newspapers today, ‘Of cracked pots and Easter’: Holidays are great. To set your envy juices flowing, I have just had eight weeks of holidays. Can you forgive me for that? Forgiveness is a … Continue reading
One of the repeated justifications for euthanasia claimed by the pro-euthanasia side is that it relieves the burden of the suffering as an act of compassion and love. Yet, this “compassion” or “love” is largely left undefined in modern discourse, … Continue reading
Last November COMPASS ABC TV aired a show about Yulki: Arnhem Land Priest (see my blog post about it here). Now her amazing story has been written down in a book, “Yulki: our Aboriginal sister” by Phyllis Mercer. At the … Continue reading
Earlier this week I appeared in The Mercury article “Clergy’s faith in technology” showing off my Bible app on my iphone 🙂 Technology continues to be used to spread the Gospel to all corners of the earth. A good example … Continue reading
On the final day of my extended leave I attended the launch of  ‘Economics for Life’ by Professor Ian Harper. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens, launched the book and his speech showed empathy with his long … Continue reading
The dispute in the Anglican Church of Australia over, “Who is permitted to preside over the celebration of the Lord’s Supper (Holy Communion)?” is still with us. In 2008 the Diocese of Sydney produced, The Lord’s Supper in Human Hands, … Continue reading
Labor Senator for Tasmania, Helen Polley speaks in the Senate Chamber of the Parliament of Australia against euthanasia: Euthanasia Speech. See CMDFA response to euthanasia and   Pro Euthanasia: 7 ‘non-religious’ replies. … Continue reading
(Article from The Advocate 10 April, 2011) A flexible approach to becoming an Anglican priest has helped a former teacher find his life’s purpose. Joshua Skeat was ordained at St George’s Anglican Church in Burnie on Saturday by the Bishop … Continue reading