I recently viewed some Monty Python and was reminded of their genius at uncorking the bottle on many issues both great and small in creative and disturbing ways. The Monty Python crew’s unleashing of the perils of organ transplants is … Continue reading
I have great caution when it comes to discussing national flags. See, On Flag Poles and Being Up the Wrong Pole. The attachment to symbols is very real. But the true test of a symbol is the test of the … Continue reading
Good news amid this week’s appalling news of death and barbarity: the Malaysian Government has released 35,000 Bibles which use the traditional word for God, ‘Allah’. The Prime Minister’s office said the government chose to release the Bibles because it was … Continue reading
What a fantastic Labour Day! We fulfilled the one clear aim of my long service leave – we visited the Village of Lower Crackpot at the Promised Land, Tasmazia. We met with Brian and Laura Inder, Laird and Lady Crackpot, … Continue reading
A television documentary “Tod nach Plan” (Death by Plan) aired on Swiss-German television in early February, followed the path to assisted suicide taken by a man suffering from bipolar disorder. This has focused debate on the practice of euthanasia / assisted suicide … Continue reading
Teach the faith. “Churches – How to Read Them” is a BBC DVD on how to teach the Christian faith using the architecture of a church. The layout of a church building including its furnishings, windows and special areas, are not there by accident; … Continue reading
LITTLE Joey Ponsonby-Glover got a chocolate Easter bunny with a difference yesterday through the kindness of a Kingston breeder. Praise the Lord for the kindness and joy that can be spread through this ministry. Please read the whole article on … Continue reading
From a brother, A prayer from Psalm 55: 9-11, 9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse … Continue reading
I was recently asked to comment on a colleague’s draft paper that considers theories of aid and development and a Christian theology of change. To get my thoughts organised I jotted down some of my own thoughts on a Christian … Continue reading
Australia’s poets remind us of the reality of living in this often harsh, uncompromising and unforgiving land of Australia. We live with extremes of weather. My Country, written in 1908 by Dorothea MacKellar, places squarely before us the reality of … Continue reading