October 2007
- Same-sex couples at federal Mersey (31 Oct 07)
As I work in the Australian Public Service Department that is administering the federal takeover of the Mersey Hospital I cannot comment generally about the matter. However I note that ...
- Prayers for All Souls and All Saints (31 Oct 07)
Prayers for a service remembering those who have died We bring our memories to God. Lord God as we come to you in prayer our minds are full of many ...
- In a generation from now, it won't be important (30 Oct 07)
Canada's National Post (21 Oct 07) quotes the Revd Alan Perry a priest at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Montreal and acknowledged expert in canon law concerning recent decisions by ...
- Quizzed eucharistically (28 Oct 07)
This Eucharistic theology quiz rates me as Lutheran which is probably fair enough as the closest option to Anglican! You scored as Luther. You'll stick with the words of Scripture ...
- A most productive gathering (28 Oct 07)
14th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia held in Canberra this past week was productive gathering. A great deal was done and it was good to be part ...
- Just one small part (27 Oct 07)
Much of superb value happened at this week's General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. This is just one small part of it. In March 2006 the Standing Committee ...
- Kerrie for the Senate (27 Oct 07)
I'm not usually a busy political actvist -- I simply don't have the time and strength. In the ACT federal election results are usually a foregone conclusion in any case. ...
- Marriage policy not surprising (25 Oct 07)
Apparently Kevin Rudd's campaign plan was derailed when he was asked on commercial radio in Sydney about his beliefs on gay marriage according to the ABC.A radio shock jock interfered ...
- Aussie Anglicans take action on climate change (25 Oct 07)
Bishop George Browning of Canberra and Goulburn is convenor of the worldwide Anglican Communion Environment Network. Yesterday he told us in the General Synod that the theological response to global ...
- Toward Peace in Korea conference (24 Oct 07)
Peace initiatives and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula will be the subject of a worldwide Anglican peace conference 14-20 November when more than 150 Anglican leaders ecumenical guests and other ...
- We pray for Burma (23 Oct 07)
Before traveling to Goulburn for worship in the Cathedral on Sunday Australia's General Synod joined in the 21 October National Day of Prayer for Burma. The General Synod resolved to ...
- Intercessions for the General Synod. (20 Oct 07)
Intercessions for the opening worship of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia Saturday 21 October 2007 led by Brian McKinlay of Canberra and Goulburn. God of all ...
- Chapman's dilemna (19 Oct 07)
Archbishop Fred Hiltz primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has said that "due process was followed" by the diocese of Ottawa when a majority of its synod members approved ...
- Wanted: visionaries and prophets (18 Oct 07)
Anglicans in Australia (UNSW Press 2007) is the latest welcome book by Bishop Tom Frame Director of St. Mark's National Theological Centre here in Canberra. Its release is timed to ...
- The only decent election policy for us (18 Oct 07)
Other than the fast waning Democrats the Australian Greens are the only party in play that has a decent policy on gay and lesbian people. Thus Harley Dennett reports in ...
- Courage Kevin! (18 Oct 07)
In "Kevin Rudd's political cowardice" Eureka Street (vol. 17 no.20 18 Oct 07) theologian Scott Stephens articulates the reasons for my own deep unease about the way Mr Rudd is ...
- Why I am pessimistic of a Labor win (16 Oct 07)
John Howard tipped Manly to beat the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League grand final and Geelong to beat Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League grand final. He ...
- Ravishing (15 Oct 07)
My church home group has agreed that we each share a piece of music that "has touched us in our soul." For soul music I nominate Richard Strauss's songs for ...
- A sin to be boring (15 Oct 07)
Browsing around I came across this piece by John Elder in The Age of 27 Mar 05 about a Good Friday service at City Life Church in Wantirna South in ...
- A tall poppy (15 Oct 07)
Why is it that good news never gets the coverage that bad news does? I entirely missed news that Ian Thorpe had been completely cleared of drugs allegations. Australia is ...
- Squirrel furs anyone? (14 Oct 07)
In the past the verdant grounds of the Governor-General's residence at Yarralumla have been over populated by kangaroos which sadly have had to be culled. Now Yarralumla having been duly ...
- Itching ears or an open question? (13 Oct 07)
In Christianity Today online (12 Oct 07) Collin Hansen casts an eye over the Human Rights Campaign's website Out In Scripture. He notes the HRC's explanation that "This Human Rights ...
- Rudd a one man band? (11 Oct 07)
I hope that Kevin Rudd will replace John Howard as our Prime Minister but Mr Rudd is no 'Mr Perfect'. He and his party are too ready to choose expediency ...
- A letter from +Gene (10 Oct 07)
An Open Letter to the LGBT Community from Bishop Gene Robinson http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/dojustice/j517.html 9 October 2007 Now that the Church has had some time to absorb and consider the recent meeting ...
- Dr Jensen and biblical unfaithfulness (08 Oct 07)
The Most Revd Dr Peter Jensen Archbishop of Sydney has published a response to the United States House of Bishops' New Orleans statement that replied to the Primates concerning its ...
- Grow the trees first (07 Oct 07)
Opponents of Gunns' pulp mill in northern Tasmania will campaign strongly but we will get no joy as both the Labor party and the government support the mill. The federal ...
- Albert Hall, a place for the dancing shoes (07 Oct 07)
I'm glad the ACT Government has announced its intention to operate Canberra's venerable Albert Hall. It will discontinue private leasing which has seen the Hall become become more and more ...
- I meet the Women in Black (05 Oct 07)
This is my friend the Revd Linda Anchell who is a deacon our parish and with her husband Fred a strong advocate for justice peace and environmentally sustainable living. (In ...
- Boy in space (05 Oct 07)
A few days ago was the 50th anniversary of the launch by the Soviet Union on 4 Oct 1957 of Sputnik 1 Earth's first orbiting artificial satellite. I was nine ...
- Free of inward-looking agonies? (04 Oct 07)
In today's edition of Eureka Street (vol. 17 no.19 4 Oct 07) Dr Charles Sherlock provides interesting and informative background and discussion of the recent decision that the constitution and ...
- George and James (03 Oct 07)
Quite why George Clooney (a very good actor pictured in the weekend paper) is imitating my friend James (a so-so actor here in the resort pool in Patong) we're ...
- Thanks Joe, but speak up Kevin! (03 Oct 07)
Opposition legal affairs spokesman Senator Joe Ludwig yesterday accused the Howard Government of failing homosexuals by refusing to remove discrimination and allowing it to be passed on to their children. ...
- Yet another year of drought and fire (03 Oct 07)
This week the Australian Capital Territory celebrates early Spring and the beginning of the official bushfire season with a day of 'total fire ban' which prohibits lighting of fires outdoors. ...
- God's own self is present (01 Oct 07)
Hymns have a way of catching one unawares. On my recent holiday I slowly read through M. Basil Pennington's Engaging the World with Merton: on retreat in Tom's hermitage (Paraclete: ...
- Embracing Embraer (01 Oct 07)
Virgin Blue has announced recommencement of Canberra-Sydney flights from Feb 08 using new 78 seat Embraer 170 jets which are more suitable for the frequent short-haul shuttle service than the ...
- Unity and the stained glass ceiling (01 Oct 07)
The Rt Revd Dr Tom Frame is Director of St Mark's National Theological Centre here in Canberra and an outstanding writer and scholar. In The Australian today (01 Oct 07) ...
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