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June 2005

  • Faith is . . . (30 Jun 05)
    Faith: This is another FMW (Frequently Misunderstood Word). It is often used to mean something like 'blind guess'. Many words evoke a picture and the snapshot that flashes upon the ...
  • England still expects (29 Jun 05)
    On Wednesday more than 160 ships and vessels from 63 countries including contingents from 35 navies countries gathered off England's south coast to commemorate and re-enact the Battle of Trafalgar ...
  • Anglicans support reunification (of Korea, that is) (28 Jun 05)
    At the Anglican Consultative Council currently meeting in Nottingham the Revd Abraham Kim of The Anglican Church of Korea spoke of the concern created by North Korea's announcement that it ...
  • Winter chills and Canberra poetry (27 Jun 05)
    The winter is here in strength and there is snow on the hills around Canberra. Often we have quite cold nights followed by chilly clear days with fine sunshine. On ...
  • Different Religions Week (26 Jun 05)
    15-22 July is Different Religions Week which encourages people to attend services of faiths different to their own. Founded in 2003 by Nathan Black a published writer and student at ...
  • Have I been too harsh? (25 Jun 05)
    I am unsure whether I was too harsh in my criticism of the decision of the Anglican Consultative Council to endorse the Primates' request that "in order to recognise the ...
  • Aaargh! (24 Jun 05)
    Stress relief device. Click the face of the pig at this link ...
  • "Sentence first, then the trial" (23 Jun 05)
    ACNS news reports that the following "Resolution following the Primates' Statement at Dromantine" dealing with the participation in the Anglican Consultative Council by the Anglican Church of Canada and the ...
  • Beyond reasonable doubt (20 Jun 05)
    The newly appointed Archbishop of York the Most Revd John Sentamu has told BBC News he wants to banish homophobia from the Church of England. He said that homophobia had ...
  • Welcomed to serve (19 Jun 05)
    Our Vision is to be a caring Christian community which embraces and honours difference and offers a place to celebrate and grow spiritually. I have been licensed by our ...
  • Time for a break??? (18 Jun 05)
    On Tuesday at the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham emissaries of ECUSA and the Canadian Anglican Church will respond to the invitation of the primates to explain ...
  • The Cardinal Companion (?) and Liquid minisry (15 Jun 05)
    In the latest round of Australian honours His Eminence Cardinal George Pell has been made a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) "for service to the Catholic Church in ...
  • Three candles for Nottingham (14 Jun 05)
    Claiming the Blessing is a collaboration of justice organizations in the Episcopal Church focused on promoting wholeness in human relationships abolishing prejudice and oppression and healing the rift between sexuality ...
  • Eureka, 150 years on (13 Jun 05)
    Today to the Old Parliament House in glorious winter sunshine for lunch and to see the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery's exhibition Eureka Revisited: the Contest of Memories. The events of ...
  • Peter Pan and the Order of Merit (13 Jun 05)
    Yesterday was a wintry indoors day so we watched a DVD of Finding Neverland with Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet (reviews here and here) about J.M. Barrie and his friendship ...
  • The saints, the magisterium and being human (12 Jun 05)
    In comments on his site concerning Benedict XVI's recent speech j-tron agrees that what the Pope says about marriage generally is quite sound. "So it is all the more peculiar ...
  • Urgent need of slow rain (11 Jun 05)
    There is slow drizzling rain in Canberra today. It is so long since we have seen this that it makes the continuing drought seem all the more stark. The dryness ...
  • Vaccine for shingles? (11 Jun 05)
    As I am still convalescent from shingles [herpes zoster] I am interested in some widely-reported work of the Shingles Prevention Study Group published in an article with no less than ...
  • From Mary to Bollywood in one week (11 Jun 05)
    Whew! What a week. Saturday: attend seminar on ARCIC Mary document 10am-4pm Sunday: preach and assist minister at 10am Eucharist Monday: Chair (bi-monthly) St. Mark's Library Advisory Committee 5.30-7.15pm Tuesday: ...
  • His Holiness slings some mud. (10 Jun 05)
    On 7 June Pope Benedict XVI made a speech to a Diocese of Rome conference on the family [Italian text] in which among other things he criticised "pseudo-marriage between persons ...
  • Scottish Bishops continue to lead (08 Jun 05)
    On 8 June the Bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland made a further Statement . . . concerning future discussion of issues raised by the Windsor Report. Once again ...
  • Why I have confidence in Christ (07 Jun 05)
    I am a candidate for appointment as lay minister in my local church. So I was asked to share a little of my journey of faith during the service last ...
  • Keeping a guest busy (07 Jun 05)
    Our guest is being kept busy. Tonight the Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky gave a fine public lecture at St. Mark's in Canberra on "Justice and Freedom". The lecture will ...
  • Mary, Sagovsky, ARCIC and Dombes (07 Jun 05)
    The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky has been visiting us at St. Mark's National Theological Centre in Canberra for the last several days. He is Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey and ...
  • Telegraphing antidiscrimination education (06 Jun 05)
    Harley in this post draws attention to a Sydney Daily Telegraph front page report about an anti-discrimination program in New South Wales public schools and second story about how it ...
  • Tagged! (06 Jun 05)
    Christopher has ruthlessly tagged me with this so-called 'meme'. So here goes. What is the total number of books you own? No idea but they fill about 45 metres of ...
  • Mary released (02 Jun 05)
    Please see the update in this entry. ...
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