- Andrew, Advent and AIDS (01 Dec 07)
30 November just gone was the feast day of Andrew the Apostle a day for me to remember and honour my Scottish heritage as Andrew is of course the patron ...
- Rain of Christ (27 Nov 07)
In last Sunday's Messiah rehearsal we sang ". . . and he shall reign for ever and ever." It was fitting as that day was the feast of Christ the ...
- Ailments north and south (20 Nov 07)
I needed to do a medical inventory recently. Well . . . from the top down there's high frequency tinnitus and high frequency hearing loss keratoconus (one eye) presbyopia and ...
- Fair indeed (12 Nov 07)
St. Philip's Community Fair last Saturday was great fun and a good success. A crowd of people enjoyed food drink and each other's company--as well as live music from CAMRA. ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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: ...
- Untied (29 Sep 07)
On our recent holiday James and I splurged on some casual clothes--jeans and shirts mostly nothing outrageous. Some time ago I looked at Gianni Versace's book Men Without Ties which ...
- I don't recall thanking him (29 Sep 07)
A friend shared this poem with me recently "Those Winter Sundays" written in 1962 by Robert E. Hayden (1913-1980). It speaks strongly to me of the love and care of ...
- Holidays at last (07 Sep 07)
There won't be any postings from me for a while; on Tuesday James and I leave for a few days much needed holiday here. ...
- On being an emotional energy miser (04 Sep 07)
Some wisdom from Ruth Ostrow (Weekend Australian Magazine 1-2 Sep 07 p. 10)The other day I decided not to take on a project that I'd been offered. It was a ...
- Fatherly (03 Sep 07)
Last Sunday was Father's Day in Australia. Our church St. Philip's made this a "men and boys" day. We included men who give fatherly love and care to others if ...
- The moon and wisdom (30 Aug 07)
The lunar eclipse on Tuesday evening coincided with a pot-luck dinner party of a group of friends at our place. Throughout the dinner we kept stepping out into the winter-cold ...
- A neighbour burned (09 Aug 07)
Arson has severely damaged our nearby Roman Catholic church St. Joseph's O'Connor and largely destroyed the adjoining the parish centre -- perhaps $3 million in damage. Bishop Pat Power said ...
- Will the Bishop in Iran speak out? (08 Aug 07)
The installation of a new Anglican Bishop in Iran is a happy occasion (ACNS 6 Aug 07). Yet the Iran authorities continue floggings and executions of minors and homosexuals and ...
- Dr May (29 Jul 07)
At the age of 60 Brian May CBE formerly lead guitarist of rock band Queen is close to completing work for a doctorate in astrophysics -- more than 35 years ...
- Celebrating James (25 Jul 07)
The 25th July is St. James day a patron saint of the Spaniards and Galicia in particulalar. The old Chambers Book of days says that according to legend James ...
- 50 years, 50s style (20 Jul 07)
On Sunday 6 May 07 St. Philip's Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone it buildings the Rt Revd EH Burgmann then Bishop of Canberra ...
- An honoured pastor and uncle in God (16 Jul 07)
A National Day of Thanksgiving on 26 May 2007 thanked God for our heritage and offered honour respect and gratitude toward others. Acknowledged by the Governor-General the Prime Minister and ...
- Honoured friends (12 Jul 07)
I am honoured to call the bishop of Canberra and Goulburn the Rt Revd George Browning a friend. At the recent graduation ceremony of the Charles Sturt University School of ...
- Liberty and the pursuit (04 Jul 07)
Greetings to my American friends! As I was driving to work this morning ABC Classic FM reminded me that it is July 4th by playing Sousa's Presidential Polonaise (Cincinnati Pops ...
- Every drop welcomed (26 Jun 07)
We Canberrans are preoccupied with the rain. Every drop is welcomed and every cloud is inspected for its wateriness. This afternoon the radar shows clouds heading out to sea after ...
- The wood and the trees (26 Jun 07)
As to the Government's recent moves to try to end abuse of children in remote Aboriginal communities I entriely agree with the Australian Financial Review in its Editorial of 25 Jun 07Bold ...
- Weighting for it (21 Jun 07)
These are my bathroom scales. They have story to tell. This is the story.So far so good. Only 9 more kilograms to go. Perhaps Aussiebum model Andreas Lundin may inspire ...
- Autumn blooms (18 Jun 07)
May was the warmest ever recorded -- not because of the day time temperatures but because the overnight lows were much higher than usual. So the garden plants are utterly ...
- Smoke free (30 May 07)
31 May 2007 would have been the 85th birthday of my mother June. It is also WHO's World No Tobacco Day. She smoked only a little and quit towards the ...
- Amnesty and abortion (30 May 07)
There's been a lot in the press about Amnesty International's revision of its policy on abortion. In The Age 28 May 07 for example Barney Zwartz says that "Amnesty in ...
- My colleagues (24 May 07)
I've been enjoying in my new job about a month now. These are my colleagues in a group photo taken at an out-of-office planning day last week. They're good people. ...
- More rain? (22 May 07)
We have had several good falls of rain through much of SE Australia recently and people are beginning to hope that maybe just possibly maybe the long long drought may ...
- Othello (19 May 07)
I enjoyed Bell Shakespeare Company's performance of Shakespeare's Othello at Canberra's Playhouse last week. Directed by Marion Potts Wayne Blair leads as Othello with Leeanna Walsman as Desdemona and Marcus ...
- Carpe diem (14 May 07)
Phillip Adams's latest column in the Weekend Australian (12 May 07) is a superb comment on the famed interview between Melvin Bragg and Dennis Potter.Now. Get on with it When ...
- Two anniversaries (05 May 07)
This weekend my parish St. Philip's at O'Connor in Canberra celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of its first building and 50 years in the ...
- On not being plant blind (19 Apr 07)
Natalie Angier praises plants in an elegant piece in the International Herald Tribune (17 Apr 07).Show somebody a painting of a verdant botanically explicit forest with three elk grazing in ...
- A puzzled farewell (05 Apr 07)
After nearly eight years working in the Australian Government's aged care programs it was time to move on. I have a new job in a team developing the next round of ...
- A weighty matter for Lent (19 Mar 07)
Traditionally Shrove Tuesday -- Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday' -- is the last day for eating fat before giving it up for Lent. Fat is a Lenten issue was the ...
- New life in autumn (18 Mar 07)
Though it's early autumn the roses that lost most of their leaves in the hailstorm just two weeks ago are putting on new plum colored leaves in between the ...
- Hailing a birthday (28 Feb 07)
Yesterday was my birthday. To celebrate a severe high-precipitation supercell thunderstorm hit our area in central Canberra late at night.Hail up 2cm in diameter fell for about 40 minutes with ...
- Revd Dr Elizabeth B. MacKinlay AM (27 Jan 07)
In the annual Australia Day honours the Reverend Dr Elizabeth MacKinlay of Canberra was made a Member of the order of Australia (AM) "For service to the welfare of aged ...
- Never too much (27 Jan 07)
Precious Lord we thank you for your tender love shown to us in Jesus Christ and the life of sacrifice he taught us. You have brought us together. We claim ...
- Fifty days of fire (19 Jan 07)
On 1 December severe storms brought lightning strikes but little rain to Victoria's mountains; within 12 hours there were 80 bushfires. It is 50 days since and fires are still ...
- Drought goes on and on and on and on (01 Jan 07)
The ACT moved to Stage 3 Water Restrictions on 16 December. With daily useage now at an average 201 meglitres the target is 139 ML -- a reduction of 30 ...
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