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Archive for January, 2011
Chaplains and the Constitution
Thursday, January 27th, 2011I heard on the radio today about a parent contesting the constitutional ability of the Government to fund the National Chaplains in schools program. Interestingly the account at news.com.au quotes the parent’s lawyer as he misquotes Section 116 of the Australian Constitution insisting that “Commonwealth [is] not to legislate in respect of religion”. This is [...]
Primates Meeting Starts
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011The meeting of the Primates (episcopal representatives of each Anglican province) has just commenced. Given the boycott of up to a 1/3 of the members due to the intransigence of the American church it looks like an exercise in futility. The question at hand is whether the Archbishop of Canterbury should have exercised leadership by [...]
Tasmania, Tsunamis and the Prophecy of Dr. Owuor
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011The following video has been doing the rounds for a few weeks and is starting to arc up in some church circles here in Tasmania. Situated as we are on the coast of Bass Strait you might imagine why some people find the content, um, topical… So, how to respond? My habit, initially, is to [...]
Comment of the Week: Peter Hitchens on the Cornish B&B
Monday, January 24th, 2011I deliberately haven’t commented much on the recent case in England of a couple running a B&B enforcing a policy of no-double-bed-if-you’re-not-married have been found guilty of infringing the rights of a gay couple. There is much commentary out there unpacking what this implies for the equivalence (or otherwise) of civil unions with marriage, the [...]
Review: Two books by Tom Frame #2 – Losing My Religion
Monday, January 24th, 2011Losing My Religion is the second Tom Frame book I have read recently. The title says it all – it’s about “Unbelief in Australia.” Frame is a bishop in the Anglican Church and the head of a theological institution and this book is a passionate attempt to understand the context of his church and [...]
Review: Two books by Tom Frame #1 – A House Divided?
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011I’ve just read the two most recent books by Australian Anglican author, Bp. Tom Frame of St. Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra. One book is an examination of unbelief in Australia, and conversely the other is an examination of a denomination in Australia. Frame brings analysis, rhetoric and a touch of polemic to both [...]
Ecce Homo
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011Ecce Homo Painter: Unknown (Please contact me if you know who this picture is by) Wikipedia says Ecce Homo “are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the John 19:5, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion.” [...]
Distilling worship
Friday, January 21st, 2011I ended a recent post with these words: “[It is best] to begin with worship and actively work from there, by his grace alone, all the way to the end.” Which is all well, and good, but what is worship? Where do I begin? , , or ? What I’m going to do here is a [...]
The Wire and Reality
Thursday, January 20th, 2011Nathan St. Eutychus posts a video about Baltimore’s Police Commissioner giving his view on the TV show The Wire: Fair point. After all if there was an extended (popular) show about (the reality) of abuse in the Anglican Church I would be putting my hand up, passionately, and say “Hang on! There’s more to it [...]
