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April 2005

  • Polio: going, going, . . . but not gone (25 Apr 05)
    The Pittsburg Post Gazette is marking the fiftieth anniversary of Jonas Salk's anti-polio vaccine with an fine series of articles including historical materials and reports on current progress toward elimination ...
  • A simple summary on homosex and the Bible (25 Apr 05)
    Hundreds of articles appear on the internet about almost every topic imaginable but I find this article to be a handy (admittedly simplified) summary of the current debate on homosexuality ...
  • St. Mark's NTC (24 Apr 05)
    As well as being Anzac Day 25 April is the feast of St. Mark a reminder to pray for St. Mark's National Theological Centre where I am a graduate student ...
  • Anzac anger (24 Apr 05)
    25 April is Anzac Day and each year more and more Australian and New Zealand pilgrims gather at the Anzac site in Turkey as well as at commemorations throughout Australia ...
  • Circular Spirit (21 Apr 05)
    In a post a couple of days ago thinking about the papal conclave and the like I asked how the cardinal electors could possibly know or even dare assume that ...
  • To see the King : Revelation 21.9-14 (21 Apr 05)
    They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guards "A soldier's life is terrible hard" says Alice.They're changing guard ...
  • St. James the Less, full circle (19 Apr 05)
    As a unionist I know that 1st May is of course May Day; but it is also the feast of St. Philip and St. James. We are planning a service ...
  • Whose choice? (19 Apr 05)
    An Associated Press piece by William Kole (18 April) gives an update on the conclave now underway in Rome to elect the next Pope. Cardinal Ratzinger is quoted as seeking ...
  • In the desert: watching ourselves think (18 Apr 05)
    Writer and poet William L. Fox has published several books about art architecture and memory in desert landscapes. He was in Canberra to speak at a conference on Desert Gardens ...
  • Glorious (16 Apr 05)
    We have wanted some oriental lillies for some time and today James bought some. So delightful. Here they are flourishing in our garden. ...
  • It's hard to be nice ... but easier in Scotland (15 Apr 05)
    USA In response to the request of the Primates of the Anglican Communion the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church of the USA has decided to withdraw its representatives from ...
  • When is small beautiful? (15 Apr 05)
    In a few hours will be the funeral of His Serene Highness the late Ranier III Sovereign Prince of Monaco. I mention this because I remember a school English class ...
  • Glued (14 Apr 05)
    In the battle to get on top of the shingles and assorted uncomfortable side ailments my doctor and I have worked through a vertiable pharmacopoeia: amoxycillin; atorvastin; betadine (iodine); citalopram; ...
  • HRH forgiven (10 Apr 05)
    These prayers were included in the service of blessing of the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall held at Windsor Castle yesterday.Almighty God Father of ...
  • Wanted: another kind of greatness (07 Apr 05)
    Writing in the The Telegraph (6 April) Ferdinand Mount argues that John Paul II "was a great pope. . . but he deserted the search for truth." Mount mentions four ...
  • Millions have left (05 Apr 05)
    Before one gets too carried away in adulation of the late Pope this criticism by Hans Küng is worth reading in full: The Pope's Contradictions Der Spiegel 26 March 2005. ...
  • Archangel (03 Apr 05)
    After thinking and writing about healing recently perhaps its encouraging that according to this at Quizilla the archangel I most resemble is Raphael. "You're most like the Archangel of Healing. You ...
  • The contribution of diversity (03 Apr 05)
    From titusonenine I learn that the (Anglican) Church of Ireland issued a Preliminary response to the Windsor Report on 25 January (PDF file). Respondents were asked to answer four questions ...
  • Adam and Alexander (03 Apr 05)
    ABC TV's weekly half-hour dancesport competiton Strictly Dancing is good fun. Winners of last Friday's show Adam Francis and Alexander Bryan from Melbourne wowed the audience and achieved a high ...
  • The gate to life (02 Apr 05)
    Heavenly Father into whose hands Jesus Christ commended his spirit at the last hour; into those same hands we commend your servant John Paul that death may be for him ...
  • Honour and error (02 Apr 05)
    Let us now praise famous men (book title) - James Agee. I honour John Paul II for his courage and faith his dedication to the ways of peace and life ...
  • Decisions of life (01 Apr 05)
    As the health fails of HSH Prince Ranier III of Monaco his son Prince Albert has been appointed Regent to govern in his stead. Not far from Monaco in another ...
  • Easter excellence (01 Apr 05)
    Here's an great story plucked out of the Internet from an article by Mark Gunderman in the Chippewa Herald (Wisconsin USA) of 27 March and the Duluth News Tribune of ...
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