October 2005
- Tired assertions (31 Oct 05)
The Communiqué of the Third Anglican Global South to South Encounter Egypt 25-30 October 2005 has much to commend it but on the perennial question of human sexuality offers only ...
- Not proven (30 Oct 05)
"The Enlightenment is over and atheism has lost its moral cutting edge." So argues Alister McGrath in The Times (29 Oct) commenting on the World Congress of the International Academy ...
- Partnership as friendship (30 Oct 05)
Mark Vernon in "Coming out as friends" (The Guardian 28 Oct.) says that although civil partnerships will not be in effect in Britain until 21 December commercialisation is already attempting ...
- Most noble order (29 Oct 05)
My few but faithful readers will have noticed my preoccupation and concern with the Australian Government's determination to curtail civil liberties through the introduction of anti-terror laws. Dull mutterings only ...
- Dancing delight (29 Oct 05)
ABC TV's weekly half-hour dancesport competition Strictly Dancing is always entertaining and one of the few things James and I watch whenever we can. I posted some pictures of Adam Francis ...
- Not for government alone (29 Oct 05)
In its editorial of 29 Oct The Tablet says that three proposals now before the British government to tighten its laws against terrorism "raise concerns that the Government wants to ...
- Not competent to detain (27 Oct 05)
Repeated bungling in the administration of inhumane immigration laws demonstates that the Australian Government cannot be trusted with detention powers such as those in the proposed anti-terrorism laws. The Commonwealth ...
- The Archbishop's dream (26 Oct 05)
Every year or so hundreds of Anglican bishops give an annual presidential address or 'charge' to their synod or convention. Often they're well worth reading. In his Synod charge on ...
- The deep black hole (25 Oct 05)
My Parish Priest Rob Lamerton writes in our weekly Parish newsletter (23 Oct.):Great concern has been expressed this week about the Government's new "Anti-Terror" legislation. While I am appalled by ...
- Punishment on hearsay (25 Oct 05)
In the Sydney Morning Herald (24 Oct.) David Marr argues that the Australian Government's proposed anti-terrorism use allow intelligence rather than legal evidence to be employed punitively."It remains the very ...
- Progress in the ADF - but what about the civies? (22 Oct 05)
According to The Age (21 Oct.) members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in same-sex relationships are about to be granted family benefits and death and injury compensation for their ...
- Diversity and Team Sydney (21 Oct 05)
Concerning the Sydney Diocese's recent decision in favour of changing the Anglican Church of Australia's Constitution to make possible the severing of its link with Canterbury the Primate Archbishop Aspinall ...
- Coloratura Messiah (21 Oct 05)
Our first rehearsal for The Messiah went very well on Tuesday evening. OK so a performance of Messiah is commonplace but it's special for me as it will be my ...
- Confirming sensibly (19 Oct 05)
The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney has passed this resolution on administration of confirmation by priests and other things to do with confirmation.16.10 Administration of confirmation by presbyters ...
- Sexual equality in preventative detention! (19 Oct 05)
In its draft terrorism legislation the Australian Government recognises same sex couples for the purposes of detention orders while it declines to recognise us elsewhere for beneficial purposes. In a ...
- Opposition wanted (18 Oct 05)
The Australian government would be less audacious and outrageously ideological if it were facing a stronger opposition. The Australian Labour Party must accept blame for its failure in the last ...
- Viligant about civil liberties (18 Oct 05)
In the following extract ("Being vigilant about civil liberties" pp. 30-32) from their recent report Countering terrorism: power violence and democracy post 9/11 (Sept. 2005) a Working Group of the ...
- Ideology and workplace rights (18 Oct 05)
The Australian Government's intended changes to workplace relations laws again illustrates its ideological determination to reduce the rights of the Australian people. Thus Tim Colebatch comments in The Australian (a ...
- Sydney's affiliates (18 Oct 05)
From the Sydney Morning Herald this morning (18 Oct):Anglican plan to go forth and multiply with rival churches raises alarm Sydney Anglicans plan to offer refuge to dissidents of rival ...
- It should not be passed (18 Oct 05)
I agree with Senator Kerrie Nettle of the Greens that the draft ant-terrorsim legislation should not become law in a democratic society. She said (14 Oct)Draft anti-terrorism legislation made public ...
- Australian government terrorism (17 Oct 05)
With many Australians I am concerned and angry at the arbitrary secret detention compulsory questioning shoot-to-kill provisions and denial of civil rights and liberties that the Federal Government is considering ...
- Affiliated Sydneysiders? (14 Oct 05)
The agenda for the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney now underway includes a bill for "An Ordinance to provide for the affiliation of non-Anglican churches with the Anglican Church ...
- Give them this day . . . (13 Oct 05)
From *Christopher and Annie (and now me) comes this: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Fasting almsgiving and prayer have a long foundation in the Christian tradition stemming from our ...
- No answer? (13 Oct 05)
"If there's no solution there's no problem." - James Kim ...
- Australia's spiritual problem (12 Oct 05)
The spiritual problem of our community is unwillingness to commit. That is what above all else stands in the way of the gospel being received. There are many wonderful exceptions ...
- Every member of the same (10 Oct 05)
Last Saturday I participated in a well-attended one-day conference of Lay Ministers from across our diocese. One of the many interesting things mentioned by Dr Stephen Pickard in his keynote ...
- Dodging angels (10 Oct 05)
Permit me gentle reader to put in a plug for a new book by my friend and teacher Revd Canon Dr Graeme Garrett. Graeme who is now a Senior Fellow ...
- Testing summer (10 Oct 05)
Cricket especially test cricket the only sport that regularly interests me as a spectator/TV watcher/radio listener though I did enjoy the football World Cup. Australia's football seasons (AFL and NFL) ...
- Institution and anarchy (09 Oct 05)
I have been reading Anarchy church and utopia: Rowan Williams on church by Theo Hobson. (London: Darton Longman and Todd 2005) Hobson makes a valuable short analysis of Archbishop Rowan ...
- All have baggage (07 Oct 05)
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu who on 30 November will be enthroned as Archbishop of York and Primate of England has told Stephen Bates of the ...
- Squandered trust (05 Oct 05)
A survey of social attitudes by the Queensland University of Technology says that Australia's defence force is our most trusted institution; 82% of Australians had confidence in the defence forces ...
- Jimbaran (03 Oct 05)
I'm at a loss to describe let alone understand the senselessness of the bombings in Bali on Saturday. These pictures show the place where two of the bombs exploded. Jimbaran ...
- Not blue, not red, but green (02 Oct 05)
I'm picking up on a test from *Christopher's site again. According to The Politics Test on OkCupid I am a Social Moderate (56% permissive) and an Economic Liberal (21% permissive). ...
- The fabulous True Self (02 Oct 05)
Paul at Prodigal Kiwi writes about an article by Patrick W. Collins "From illusions towards truth: Thomas Merton's 'true self' and gay spirituality." The Way Jul 2005 pp. 71-84. Collins' ...
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