December 2005
- The Christmas snow job (30 Dec 05)
As it's still Christmas I can comment on Christmas carols. The Canberra Times had a piece on Christmas Eve in which Australian composers including Peter Sculthorpe and Stephen Leek bewailed ...
- Quite a year (30 Dec 05)
Members of the American Religion Newswriters Association have ranked the items below as the top religious news stories of 2005. The one's I've marked in italics also seem to me ...
- O Lord, won't you buy me ... ? (30 Dec 05)
Nobody needs a car like this. But its fun to dream a little--not about the car but about being so free of financial cares as to be able to be ...
- Reporting as ordered (30 Dec 05)
Similarly to last year part of my work in 2005 was to prepare Australia's annual Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997. The 2004-05 edition was presented ...
- Chulalongkorn Warhol (29 Dec 05)
King Chulalongkorn Rama V (Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua) was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand (b. 1853 d. 1910; reigned 1868-1910). A reformer and moderniser he was ...
- Hot greetings (24 Dec 05)
December 25th looks like being typical of SE Australia in mid-summer; very warm with a scorching northerly wind and a risk of bushfires. This little tune sets the scene: The ...
- Not the whole truth (23 Dec 05)
The Scotsman (21 Dec) reports the first civil union ceremonies in Scotland including that of John Maguire and Laurence Scott-Mackay in Edinburgh. After the ceremony at the India Buildings register ...
- Red book misread (23 Dec 05)
From Faithful Agitator I learnt of a story in the the Dartmouth Standard-Times which alleged that a University of Massachusetts student was visited by agents of the U.S. Department of ...
- No arguments (20 Dec 05)
In "Looking for an argument" their Editorial of 13 December 2005 the editors of Christian Century say that it is not the case that Christian denominations are constantly arguing over ...
- Joy in this fest (18 Dec 05)
On the rebound from The Messiah comes choir practice for our Service of Lessons and Carols on the Wednesday evening before Christmas. I'm meeting a couple of the carols for ...
- Fat cat gaudette (17 Dec 05)
On its 17 December cover The Tablet features Andy Warhol's delightful Nativity. I had little idea of Warhol's Catholicism. I like Tina Beattie's beautiful cover article "Simple gaudette of a ...
- Pledged to God's love (16 Dec 05)
Extracted from The Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Message to the Anglican CommunionThere is something about Christianity that always pulls us back from imagining that everything will be all right if ...
- A green left Christian (16 Dec 05)
Jill Rowbotham The Australian's religious affairs writer has written a long piece titled "It's cool to be Christian" (16 December). She mentions some high profile Australian Christians and argues rather ...
- Throwing away the key (16 Dec 05)
Recent mob violence in Sydney's southern beach-side suburbs has received world-wide publicity. Trouble began on Sunday when gangs attacked people of Middle Eastern appearance in the beachside suburb of Cronulla. ...
- I hope so! (13 Dec 05)
New Yorker 20 December 2004. ...
- The challenge of peace: Malachi 3.1-14 (12 Dec 05)
Malachi 3.1-14; The Song of Zechariah; Luke3.1-6 For today's Psalm we heard Zechariah's words of praise and prophecy over his newborn son John. In the Gospel we heard John's proclamation ...
- Amen, Amen . . . ! (12 Dec 05)
Amen Amen. A ----- men! And so came to an end our second and last performance of Handel's Messiah last night. I'd say the performance was of a good standard. ...
- I'll walk to Synod, thanks (11 Dec 05)
As I mentioned some weeks ago I am honoured to have been elected one of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn's delegates to the General Synod of the Anglican Church ...
- Christmas masterworks (10 Dec 05)
Take a look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's simple but beautiful online exhibition of masterworks about "The Christmas Story"Andrea Mantegna. The Adoration of the Shepherds shortly after 1450. Andrea ...
- Frances Judith Hitchcock 1897-1960 (10 Dec 05)
Among the family photographs I unearthed recently are these of my maternal grandmother Frances Judith Hitchcock (née Norton) -- my Grandma Judy. The one at top left was specially ...
- John and June McKinlay married 1946 (08 Dec 05)
Cleaning out my study the other day I came across a long-forgotten cache of old family photos. I'm posting this one of my parents John and June on their wedding ...
- Nicholas, Crissmas and Exmas (06 Dec 05)
In honour of 6 December the feast of St. Nicholas this protest by C.S. Lewis:And beyond this there lies in the ocean . . . the island of Niatirb which ...
- Out of limbo (04 Dec 05)
According to Zenit (6 December) the International Theological Commission of the Roman Catholic Church is studying Limbo and is to publish a document about children who die without being baptized. ...
- 501(s) (04 Dec 05)
Being a jeans and T-shirt person whenever I can get away with it (which is not often enough) I can't let my 501st posting go by without a nod in ...
- A decorative answer (03 Dec 05)
And now from the Vatican an authoritative answer to a Really Important Question. Actually I rather like the answer especially when Fr. McNamara urges circumspection when decorating churches and says ...
- Done in the dark (02 Dec 05)
The death by hanging of Nguyen Tuong Van at Singapore's Changi Prison has been confirmed by the Singapore authorities. The execution was at 6:00am Singapore time almost an hour before ...
- Here I am, Lord (01 Dec 05)
Advent has already been with us for almost a week. It's far more important to me as a new year that January 1st. Time once again to take out Hedley ...
- World AIDS Day, 1 December 2005 (01 Dec 05)
FactsThe Caribbean has the world’s second highest HIV prevalence rate; the highest HIV-infection levels among women in the Americas are in the Caribbean; HIV-AIDS has become the leading cause ...
- Unknown intentions (01 Dec 05)
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the granting to the faithful of a Plenary Indulgence for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which on 8 December will mark 40 years since ...
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