July 2005
- Renowned of all the lands (31 Jul 05)
On Friday James' elder daughter Ho Jung became an Australian citizen. I joined them at the citizenship ceremony -- the first time I had been to one. It was welcoming ...
- Predominantly about power? (31 Jul 05)
Muriel Porter interviewed on The Religion Report (ABC Radio National 6 July 2005) concerning the ACC suspension of the North Americans.David Rutledge:Dr Muriel Porter is a Melbourne-based author and academic ...
- The leaves of the tree (31 Jul 05)
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for ...
- The most important thing (29 Jul 05)
The newly-elected Anglican Primate of Australia was inteviewed in the Sydney Sun-Herald of 24 July. "Some divisions in the church might be seen in better perspective if they took second ...
- Mapping Oz attitudes to homosexuality (27 Jul 05)
The Australia Institute has published a 'Webpaper' Mapping Homophobia in Australia by Michael Flood and Clive Hamilton (June 2005). Some of the findings are unsurprising but the results comparing membership ...
- Always white (26 Jul 05)
Just what we need in our Parish a self-cleaning church! In Rome the 'Dives in Misericordia' church designed by U.S.-based architect Richard Meier is made of self-cleaning concrete that stays ...
- Jon Stanhope presses on with reforms (25 Jul 05)
In its first term of office the Australian Labor Party government of the Australian Capital Territory led by Jon Stanhope made much progress in law reform towards greater equality for ...
- In face of drought (24 Jul 05)
Beginning today 27 July at the initative of the National Council of Churches of Australia and others many Australian Churches began 40 days of prayer in the face of drought. ...
- Feeling reasonable and reasonable feeling (24 Jul 05)
In the The Church Times (22 July) Giles Fraser replies to a piece in The Guardian (16 July) by Dr Tom Wright debating with him the place of feelings versus ...
- Please protest against Iranian horror (23 Jul 05)
There has been wide coverage of the public hanging of two allegedly gay teenagers in Mashad in north eastern Iran on 19 July 2005 for the 'crime' of homosexuality. One ...
- Pre-judged translation (20 Jul 05)
The current debate about the appointment of women bishops in the Church of England and the Anglican Church of Australia brings to attention an example of how our theological presumptions ...
- Archbishops three (20 Jul 05)
I love this joyful ACNS picture. It captures Archbishop Ntahohuri Archbishop Williams and retiring Primate Archbishop Ndayisenga in a procession at Archbishop Ntahohuri's enthronement as the new Anglican Archbishop of ...
- Googled Greenwich (20 Jul 05)
I've been playing with Google Earth. It's computer hungry but works fine on my Toshiba TE2000. In the Sydney Morning Herald of 16 July 2005 Stephen Gibbs and Matthew Thompson ...
- A courteous exchange (17 Jul 05)
At titusonenine the Revd Dr Kendall Harmon provides a steady stream of interesting current documents largely from a 'conservative' perspective. I've commented on quite a few. But as I explained ...
- Breaking the ice (16 Jul 05)
Surely it must have occurred to Icebreaker that their model who is spectacularly not wearing their wonderful fine merino clothing could only be described as horny? ...
- Stoic? (16 Jul 05)
In Time 10 July 2005 Andrew Sullivan writes of the "quiet power" of British stoicism in the face of the recent bombings.Americans often react to crises with action and emotion. ...
- Eucharist and Africa (16 Jul 05)
The latest issue of Christianity Today (49):7 July 2005 p. 40 has an informative article by Douglas Le Blanc about Archbishop Akinola and the increasingly central place in Christianity of ...
- Stoning and power (14 Jul 05)
United Nations special rapporteur on arbitrary executions Philip Alston has called for an immediate review of the process that led to a man in Northern Nigeria being sentenced to death ...
- Christian leaders must 'have a go' (12 Jul 05)
Newly-elected Australian Anglican leader Phillip Aspinall says that federal Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews is wrong to insist that religious leaders withdraw from the debate on the Government's controversial proposals ...
- Authentic images and humanity (10 Jul 05)
The Tablet of 9 July 2005 reports that Cardinal Varela of Madrid told Pope Benedict XVI last week that in Spain "there is a denial not only of faith but ...
- A Primate well chosen (09 Jul 05)
The Archbishop of Brisbane the Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall has been elected the new head of the Anglican Church of Australia. He is a good choice. At 44 Dr Aspinall ...
- Oz snow job (09 Jul 05)
In response to my mention of snow on the hills near Canberra a couple of my American friends were surprised that there is any snow in the 'sunburnt country' Australia's ...
- My near miss (08 Jul 05)
The bombing in London makes everyone's comments on the Olympic victory (including mine) rather trivial by comparision. Media reports include several near miss stories from survivors. My own such story ...
- The Sharing House (07 Jul 05)
I find this picture of Father Michael Lee with one of his plants delightful. Gardening is one of the activities for the chidren cared for by the BanSongDong Sharing House. ...
- Olympics and the Walmer Castle (07 Jul 05)
London's victory in the contest for the 2012 Olympics brings back some reminiscences. At the time in 1993 when Sydney was awarded the 2000 Olympic Games I was on board an ...
- Maybe there's something to this? Then again . . . (06 Jul 05)
Your #1 Match: INFJThe Protector You live your life with integrity originality vision and creativity. Independent and stubborn you rarely stray from your vision -- no matter what it is. ...
- On not being so certain (05 Jul 05)
A couple of weeks ago our Sunday readings included the Genesis 22 account of Abraham's response to God's demand that he sacrifice his son Isaac. God tested Abraham. He said ...
- The eye cannot say to the hand . . . (03 Jul 05)
From Giles Goddard of InclusiveChurch.netThe result of the vote at the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham on Wed 22nd June represents a serious challenge to the future of the Anglican ...
- An ingenious repositioning (02 Jul 05)
Dr Muriel Porter former Australian lay delegate to the Anglican Consultative Council writes in writes in The Age (29 June 2005) of "A church that seems beyond healing". She takes ...
- Zapatero and Martin uphold the decent society (02 Jul 05)
On 30 June the Spanish Parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriages. Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made a remarkable speech in which he said that the changes were ...
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