Father Jake, has posted about the ‘myth of redemptive violence’ already. His archive links are not working properly so I have posted up the whole post here, but please click on over and read some of Father Jakes other musings. His quote is not from the book that I am reading but rather from a […]

I am continuing my re-read of Walter Wink’s book: Engaging the Powers. I had hoped to find more time over the weekend to read more but some of this stuck me hard.
Wink in his first chapter entitled ‘the myth of the Domination System’ states his view that the religion of Babylon holds sway in American […]

How many times will we believe the same story?
Former US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill says that the Bush Administration were obsessed by Saddam Hussein as soon as they assumed office and the Administration dismiss him, saying they he is just a disgruntled employee. Now we have Richard Clark saying the same thing under oath and […]

The place we go for our holidays has no phone connection and thus no access to the net. Gasp, shock and all that! So, for the three weeks I was there I read the newspapers the way I used to - in print and stretched out on a table. It was great!
This article in the […]

I have not even finished the introduction and I am quite caught up in Wink’s writing. I thought this was interesting considering the current attitude of the US and their allies towards the UN:
Frank Peretti’s best-selling novel, This Present Darkness, grandly illustrates the hopelessness of trying to repristinate the ancient worldview today. While I appreciate […]

I have started to re-read Walter Wink’s book ‘engaging the powers’. It has been while since I dipped into it now and then at college about 10 years ago. The first sentence of the introduction struck me as apt for our time.
One of the most pressing questions facing the world today is, How can […]

At the moment Phil is doing masters studies and I am doing doctoral studies (in unrelated disciplines), so I could resist this link which a friend emailed me a while back.

Hamo has a great post about his experiences at a recently attended Baptist convention. He talks about the attraction of hearing how many Baptist Church plants in the US are dynamically growing with the “normal pig in lipstick style”. I think Hamo articulates well, the temptation that many of us feel in abandoning this emergent […]

I had this emailed to me by Nigel. Perhaps we might find some hints for blogging.
CHRISTIAN CAPITAL-ISM
1. Capitalize all personal pronouns (”HE” and “HIS,” for example). This is the most basic rule of Christian capitalization. Almost every Christian knows enough to capitalize these pronouns, but some shameful people neglect it, and we are sorry to […]

Latham has committed that if elected he will bring the Australian troops home from Iraq by Christmas. By the way, it is interesting that no one seems to comment on the fact that Howard committed to do exactly this during the war.
I was against the invasion of Iraq. But I am not sure this is […]