May 2006
- Quit! (31 May 06)
Today 31 May is World No Tobacco Day. not too much is tobacco free. Quit! However I cannot say that this site is entirely caffeine alcohol or calorie free. ...
- Sacrifice, photographs and Zen (31 May 06)
The National Gallery of Australia is staging a travelling exhibition of work by Michael Riley (1960-2004) of the Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi people. Riley was one of Australia's "most important contemporary Indigenous visual ...
- Where is the body? (31 May 06)
In his University Sermons (p.147) Archibald Craig asks "Where would you expect to find the body of Christ and what would you expect to find it doing?" His answer is ...
- Our neigbourhood of churches (28 May 06)
In this week of prayer for Christian unity you could be forgiven for thinking that there are too many churches in our inner Canberra suburb of Turner. In our street ...
- A permanent conflict? (28 May 06)
If this comment by Neibuhr is right does it mean that religion is at times of necessity immoral and that God is therefore also immoral (morality of course not being ...
- Better to perish (28 May 06)
This takes a bit of reading but once you get past the double negatives and the non-inclusive language an important point is being made. No one who seeks after God ...
- Life of Brian (28 May 06)
Baby photos can be embarrassing when rediscovered after fifty years but not these fortunately! They have notes on the back written by my mother whose 84th birthday would have been ...
- Augustine and Gregory (27 May 06)
The twenty sixth of May is the feast of Augustine of Canterbury who died on that day possibly in 605. I am an Associate of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. ...
- A secondary concern (27 May 06)
I am not afraid of death though I do sometimes fear the suffering that often accompanies dying. Latterly I've had to work hard to avoid hypochondria and anxiety while working ...
- Joy and contentment: possible for everyone? (27 May 06)
In a speech to Australia's Ambassador Plunkett when she presented her credentials on 18 May Pope Benedict XVI continued his campaign against same-sex unions.It is . . . respect for ...
- In good spirits and in great shape (26 May 06)
"In front of a bigger crowd than they'll see at the World Cup the Socceroos enjoyed the perfect farewell with a winning - and at times commanding - performance against ...
- It's a worry (25 May 06)
Just what I needed to see after way too many medical tests lately.From "Latter Day Psalms" by Chris Ashby: 2. The tree waves in the wind But does not break ...
- Many tongues, one Word (23 May 06)
On Pentecost Sunday our church will read Acts 2.1-21 with verses in each of French German Pidgin Swahili Korean Afrikaans Bontok Shona Russian Thai and Dutch. It falls to me ...
- What is it with the churches and sex? (23 May 06)
Ron Ferguson writes in the Glasgow Herald (22 May 2006) of "sexuality time-bomb" set to explode very soon under the Church of Scotland. My interest is not so much in ...
- Well Handeled (22 May 06)
On Saturday we went to the debut concert of the Canberra Handel Choir founded and managed by Annette Gaykema and directed by Adam Laslett. The concert was held in our ...
- Challenging secularism not sex (20 May 06)
In its Editorial 20 May 2006 The Tablet notes thatThe Da Vinci Code rebuttal unit set up to refute the view that there is a grain of truth in the ...
- Breathe easy (20 May 06)
Medical technology company ResMed yesterday won Standards Australia's prestigious Australian Design Award of the Year for its portable S8 AutoSet Spirit flow generator and HumidAire 3i Humidifier system. These gadgets ...
- A difficult position for God (15 May 06)
By Richard Rohr OFM Center for Action and Contemplation Albuquerque New Mexico in his foreword to Coming in: gays and lesbians reclaiming the spiritual journey by Urs Mattmann. Glasgow: Wild ...
- The enlargers and the straighteners (13 May 06)
Speech by the Hon. Andrew Barr MLA Minister for Education and Training Minister for Tourism Sport and Recreation Minister for Industrial Relations and Member for Molonglo -- in the ACT ...
- Civil unions passed (12 May 06)
After a long debate the ACT Legislative Assembly passed the Civil Unions Bill 2006 late last night with voting along party lines. The Assembly amended the bill to try to ...
- Bouncing off the walls? (12 May 06)
My sole chemical vice 1 3 7-trimethyl-1H-purine- 2 6(3H 7H)-dione a psychoactive water-soluble purine alkaloid commonly known as . . . . Gotta cut down! ...
- Murderous sex (08 May 06)
There is speculation that the Vatican may yet allow Catholics to use condoms when one partner is HIV positive especially within marriage. I pray that it might see that when ...
- Work in the present moment (06 May 06)
In a certain sense there is little to do in doing the will of God. Still it is true that it is a great work because it must be without ...
- Our perversion of religion (06 May 06)
Will Those Responsible Come Forward?May the Lord have mercy on all those peoplesWho suffer from a perversion of religion --Or to put it in a less equivocating way Who suffer ...
- The Canadians disassociate (06 May 06)
Canada's Anglican bishops have spoken against Nigerian laws on homosexuality and disassociated themselves from the Nigerian church's support for the laws.Anglican Journal 4 May 2006 - Canada's Anglican bishops unanimously ...
- Nothing more, nothing less and nothing else (02 May 06)
With a hat-tip to Titusonenine I'm much in agreement with this piece from the web archives (Oct. 2003) of the Revd Gordon Tremaine Rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in ...
- Woes (01 May 06)
Last weekend after wrestling with the question of which of the world's too many troubles to mention in the intercessions at Sunday Eucharist I empathised with Phillip Adams' lament in ...
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