Does anyone else think that this is faintly ridiculous?
Public opinion could not be measured by the hundreds of thousands of Australians who turned out at anti-war rallies over the weekend, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Mr Howard said he was not convinced the anti-war crowds were evidence public opinion was firming against war.
“I […]

We have just tidied up some of our archiving and hosting arrangements for this blog after our first week of operation. As a consequence, if you have linked to one of our posts, the link may not work anymore (but we will leave the old archives up for a while to try to ensure […]

Yesterday I together with Phil and our friend Lucy went to a peace rally and march in Melbourne to demonstrate against the impending war. On darren’s blog I made a comment explaining my motivation on going:
I was thinking that I want to be at this rally because I want to help communicate that war […]

There is currently a very heated debate about the possibility of impending military action on Iraq at darren’s blog and in the comments to those blogs.
I intended to post some reflections on this topic later, but if you are interested, the debate is raging right now….

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”
—Winston Churchill
This quote made me stop and reflect in the light of our discussion about a “hinge generation”. As the Church moves faltingly forward into a new era - what is the next […]

I read on jordon cooper’s blog today an interview with Ron Martoia about his new book. In response to a question about Christan leadership books, Ron said:
Let me say the worst books tend to come from Christian authors who think every leadership principle has to have a bible verse for support. These are, by […]

I am currently reading a book by Gerard Kelly, Retrofuture: Rediscovering Roots, Recharting our Routes and am enjoying it immensely. Kelly comments:
The temptation with short-term generational labeling is that we simply wait for the latest generation of rebels to grow up, come to their senses and rejoin the society and culture of their parents. […]

I am starting to realise that having your own blogger means that you get to define the terms of debate - and you are the only one that isn’t restricted to running their arguments in a little comments box (although the barrister also has used this advantage on his own blog).
And maybe I am beating […]

In a previous post, we commenced an exploration of the different responses to the
risen Jesus in the twentieth chapter of John, using them as a tool to
examine the differences in the way people connect with God. We saw that
Mary’s response was the pathway of devotion. There are three more responses
in this chapter: beloved disciple […]

Darren commented on my parable last night, and already it has sparked some discussion. In particular, the barrister, seems to have had some concerns. The short version is posted in a comment on this site, but he expands this commentary on his own blog. He says:
“Before I relate the parable … and […]