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Last week I was a speaker and delegate at an aboriginal conference on treaty and sovereignty in Sydney. I went with both a sense of trepidation and expectation. What happened was not what I expected. What I saw and heard … Read More »
In the lead up to this Australia Day I have noticed some developments and continuances that I was aware of but not with the same intensity as I have this year. A week or so I spoke to a gathering … Read More »
How do we survive as clergy? By the nature of the task and they way we take up positions and the unchallenged expectations of ourselves and others we are isolated and vulnerable able. Having worked corporately and in the Defence … Read More »
John 1:43-51 A friend of mine works in the community in Utopia 250 k’s out of Alice Springs. They often have to talk to Centrelink on behalf of a local client. A question that is often asked is: “Where were … Read More »
Once again the debate about Australia Day and the date on which it is celebrated is occupying newspaper front pages and the minds of politicians and activists of all shapes and sizes. It is a legitimate debate when some see … Read More »
Matthew is not a writer of Mills and Boon romantic stories. Matthew is a grim realist. He tells it as it is and leaves the bitter taste in the mouths of those who consume his words. He does not sugar … Read More »
Luke 2:15-21 On Christmas morning I asked the question, “What do we have in common with Jesus?” One young man answered: “Our Body.” Out of the mouths of babes come great truths if we are open to hear them. … Read More »
We all know the excitement of waiting for the birth of a child. We may be waiting by the phone and when it rings hearing the words. “It’s a girl” or “It’s a boy”. The moment we get that … Read More »
This Sunday we think about the Annunciation of Mary and it perplexes me just as it perplexed Mary. But probably not for the same reason. Mary is perplexed because an angel Comes and recognises her as the chosen one … Read More »
Any one has spent some time down caves or in the tropics will have seen glow worms and fireflies – those little creatures that seem to glow in the dark. We don’t often see fireflies, for example, before they … Read More »