Heavy soaking rain… It is good that this parched part of the country is getting some long awaited H2O. It is good that our empty reservoirs may begin to not look so empty. It is good that the cycles of nature have not completely abandoned our poor stewardship. It is bad that I can hear emergency vehicle sirens inContinue reading “Rain – the good, the bad and the ugly”
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An Ignatian Devotion
Although I prefer the contemplative prayer of silence, I often fall back onto Ignatian styles of prayer. I find his exercises very focusing. This one was a particular gift this morning. I was directed there from Ignatian Spirituality on Facebook.
One of those days…
… when technology gangs up on you. Trying to create a PDF out of combined Word, Publisher and Adobe documents and send out via email. Had to make separate PDFs and find away of merging them, Found an online service – resulting file too big to send. Find ways to reduce and combine. Free licenceContinue reading “One of those days…”
Just a short one today…
Feeling a bit weary but satisfyingly so. From brief holiday to church camp to annual ministers’ retreat – and now some looming presentations and workshops to prepare. It’s been fairly people intensive for a few days – stimulating yet taxing for an introvert like myself. Need some still time and space to process connections, awarenessContinue reading “Just a short one today…”
Dilemma dealing
Here is a renewed attempt at cartooning. It is replicated from an adolescent memory of a cartoon I saw in some forgotten magazine. Of course, the caricature caught in unflattering circumstances is myself! I think it denotes my native predisposition. Black and white solutions to complex issues rarely satisfy me, especially when they are theContinue reading “Dilemma dealing”
No government funds, please: we’re Christians! – ABC Religion & Ethics – Blog
Storm in a teacup or point of no return? As an advocate for chaplaincy and stakeholder with my state provider (which, by the way, was formative in crafting the guidelines that made the whole thing workable before and after the complication of government funding), I find sense in the view expressed here: No government funds,Continue reading “No government funds, please: we’re Christians! – ABC Religion & Ethics – Blog”
1000 extra chaplains to be dispatched into state schools | Adelaide Now
Lots of Budget news to ponder, but this one caught my eye. 1000 extra chaplains to be dispatched into state schools | Adelaide Now. A bold move in light of the current High Court challenge. I support school chaplaincy but predicted controversy when the Howard government, followed by the Rudd and Gillard governments, stepped inContinue reading “1000 extra chaplains to be dispatched into state schools | Adelaide Now”
Sunday session drinking is sinking…
Alcohol related violence in Perth has escalated to the point where a weekend scarcely passes without death or serious injury. The latest incident, described in the article, Ocean Beach Hotel Death | Sunday session drinking, caps the concern. Ironically, a lot of binge-drinking seems to be stimulated by either having too much money or not enough! ManyContinue reading “Sunday session drinking is sinking…”
One of my colleagues sees the Emmaus incident as central to a true understanding of the celebration of the Lords Supper, aka Holy Communion, aka Eucharist. It is in the stranger’s breaking and blessing of bread that the crucifixion and resurrection in the midst of a questing and believing household of faith becomes real. StillContinue reading
BERNAMA – Malaysia, Australia Agree On Cooperative Transfer Of Asylum Seekers
BERNAMA – Malaysia, Australia Agree On Cooperative Transfer Of Asylum Seekers This one comes as a surprise. Just when you think human beings can’t be objectified much further, my country turns them into a trade commodity. “We’ll give you 800 of ours and, over time, we’ll take 4000 of yours.” What does this solve? HowContinue reading “BERNAMA – Malaysia, Australia Agree On Cooperative Transfer Of Asylum Seekers”
Wondering Pilgrim 