Clik here to view.
The wisdom of ‘Labour Day’
Yesterday in several Australian states it was a public holiday. In Victoria it is called ‘Labour Day’. It commemorates the foundations of the Labour movement here, where workers on the new buildings...
View ArticleI like this quote: ‘I believe we totally missed Jesus’ point…’
Actually, here I want to bring together quotes from four sources. But to begin with one I found from actor and writer Rainn Wilson: The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject...
View ArticleThin Books (2): Strength to love
It was the year after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination that the thin paperback version of his Strength to love was published and, it appears, I bought it for 80 cents! This is another of those...
View Article‘Transfiguration’
I’m preaching this coming Sunday at the Collins Street Baptist Church (10.30 am) for the Sunday before Lent: the Lectionary Gospel is Mark 9. 2 – 9, the story commonly called the Transfiguration of...
View ArticleGleanings 1. A prayer of Sir Francis Drake
Sorting some books, I found a number of old notebooks in which I’ve recorded words of wisdom, song lyrics, and prayers or blessings, from an extraordinary range of sources. Some of these saying used to...
View ArticleGleanings (2) Wisdom of John Dominic Crossan
We celebrate the 90th birthday of John Dominic Crossan, whose exceptional scholarship into the origins and types of the Christian testament has been so valuable. Having hosted a conference with him as...
View ArticleGleanings (3) The invitation to Sophia’s party
I’ve greatly appreciated the work of Elizabeth Johnson, Catholic feminist theologian, from whom this provocative quotation comes: In his brief ministry, Jesus appears as a prophet and child of Sophia...
View ArticleGleanings (4) There shall be dancing!
I have long been enriched by the poetry of T S Eliot. Here is a section from ‘East Coker’, from the Four Quartets. It seems particularly apt for this week, especially for those Christians who find it...
View ArticleWhat did Thomas want? An Easter challenge
The Apostle Thomas is surely one of the most unfairly maligned characters in the Christian stories. I have been reflecting upon his part in the Gospel narratives in preparation for this coming Sunday....
View ArticleGleanings (5) Rabbi Kushner, ‘Was there something I was supposed to do with...
After his immensely helpful book When bad things happen to good people, Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote another equally insightful book, which in many ways is more challenging still: When all you’ve ever...
View Article
