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The Third Leg of the Chicken

30 May

  Shigeto Oshida, a Japanese Dominican, says we are to beware of‘ the third leg of the chicken. This is the abstract concept of a chicken leg that is neither the left leg nor the right, but a mere chicken … Read More »

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An Australian Eucharist for Lament & Hope

13 Jan

The following service can be used on Sunday 26th January to recognise the history of this country and to instigate the healing of hearts for all. Permission is given for non-commercial use in worship and similar events. The Service: Processional … Read More »

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Recognition, Reconciliation, Treaty and Sovereignty

28 Nov

    Recognition, Reconciliation, Treaty and Sovereignty One we don’t want, one we don’t need, one that promises much and one we already have. “Officially, one in 59 Australian deaths is suicide but one in 18 Indigenous deaths is a … Read More »

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Exiled by Federal Governments Response to the Uluru Declaration

27 Oct

    www.moranprizes.com.au A little over a week ago I was standing in Juniper Hall, Oxford Street, Sydney as one of 30 finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, the richest art prize in Australia, I could not know how … Read More »

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National Reconciliation Week – A Call For Action

5 Jun

Last Wednesday night I had a  dream. I dreamt I and many others were in a compound ruled over by a powerful white bureaucrat. There were so many people there they could not all be accommodated. Some 200 were killed  … Read More »

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Relationships, forgiveness, reconciliation

13 Feb

Guest Post – Rev. Andrew Tasker Matthew 5.21-37 As we have just heard, the Gospel is long, quite harsh and includes some of the hardest lessons from Jesus about really complex issues – adultery, divorce, swearing falsely and finally, conflict … Read More »

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One Mob

1 Aug

Colossians 3:1-11 People have asked me how was my trip to Alice Springs? Did I like it? Was it a good experience? I am not sure how to answer. And when some words begin to form, I find them slipping … Read More »

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Reconciliation Sunday – Words That Heal

29 May

Luke 7:1-10  Today is reconciliation Sunday, a day set aside to contemplate the history of our country, in particular, the history of the relationship between the sovereign owners of this land and those who came here by sea. This is … Read More »

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Unity in Being, Diversity in Doing

1 Jun

John 3:1-17/ Romans 8:12-17 Today is indeed Trinity Sunday for us here at St Oswald’s. This Sunday we explore the liturgical festival of the trinity while reflecting on the task of reconciliation, still a work under construction for our country, … Read More »

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Living With Loose Ends

13 Mar

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 – Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Today’s readings drag us into the complicated world of relationships and dysfunction. It is, without putting too fine a point on it, almost assured that relationships will be,at least at sometime in their … Read More »

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He’s greatly interested in the work of Thomas Merton and his impact on the 20th century. He is an indigenous man with a particular interest in indigenous issues and spirituality.

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