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Remembering God September 2005
A Baptism October 2005
Do you remember? October 2005
The Authority of Nairn Kerr August 2005
Waiting at the video shop July 2005
Late Night July 2005
Bombs 2005
What is a conservative? June 11 2005
Light and dark stories June 2005 Living stories, dark light...
Careful Language May 2005... written 1991 and still true
The Pagan Christ A Brief Review May 2005.
A thought experiment May 2005 the Christian story is a problem for we 21st century people
for Toby- with love Thoughts on depression April 2005
Abundant Life: A Sermon while reading the Pagan Christ April 2005
Freedom how? April 3 2005 How is freedom maintained?
Unto Thee, O Lord April 2005 Easter Prayer
The Pagan Christs (1) April 2005
Always Look in The Box January 2005
Tsunamis and God... Living in a world with the new God Jan 2005
Who Cares? Why the Bakhtiaris matter? 4-1-2005
What can I do? A small, personal reflection on justice and politics for the little person who is not an activist by nature.
Outback Sunday 19-9-2004
The Powers... What the Faith brings to us September 12 2004
Despairing of Harry Why can't I do it for my wife? 5-09-2004
Imagining Me We make our own reality 5-09-2004
War is a racket (General Butler) 28-08-2004
Choosing our Divisions Division is inevitable in things that count 15-08-2004
Success Being good at something that doesn't matter? 15-08-2004
The Right Thing... Unexpected pregnancy 19-07-2004
Mitre 10 Blokes being Happy 9-07-2004
Balls on the Walls Jan 2004
Eugene... Waving in Whyalla 5-07-2004
The Pineappled Priest... Masses of Pizza 5-07-2004
Who'd be Archbishop? 5-07-2004
Holy War 3-04-2004
Scuba 3-04-2004
Clarence 3-04-2004
Dad 3-04-2004
Whispers 3-04-2004
God... a little system begins 26-6-2004
Truth... 26-6-2004
Survive, thrive, or die? Church futures 26-6-04
Struggle... losing church 26-6-2004
Soul Sickness All will be well 26-6-2004
Pictures of My Places
Idolising Youth Trap for a dying congregation June 2004
Annointing Life in the trenches June 2004Unlawful!!!??? Releasing children from detention is unlawful! 6/6/2004
Maintain the Rage Don't be too busy June 2004
Aust Breaches Children's Human Rights HREOC synopsis 6/06/2004
Erosion and Redemption... Will Howard never give up? 6/06/2004
No Psych Needed?! Not after suicide attempt anyway 6/06/2004
Too Tired... Too tired is not good June 2004
A rather unhappy story... May 2004
Live the Life Easter 2004
The Greatest Gift... Carson's Oration March 2004
Panentheism... In the womb of God... Feb 22 2004
Old Man Norfolk... Life should be more than this Feb 7 2004
Translation... re-wording the faith "Why do what God wants?" Jan 11 2004
The year that was... a reflection on 2003 7-1-04 (cross posted in Politics)
Christmas in Luke... Luke's Christmas story 27/12/2003
Rational Faith How we must develop our theology 20-12-2003
Rational Hope Much of Christian faith is deeply irrational 6-12-2003
The Divine at the Root of all Things... Mark 13. 15-11-2003
Lies Uniting Church Press Release on the Minasa Bone 15-11-2330
Convenient Compassion... It's not really compassion 9-11-2003
The Economy of Depression What depression costs... 9-11-2003
The New Circumcision Opposition to Gays & Lesbians is not about theology 9-11-2003
A Question of Courage What constitutes good Christianity 2-11-2003
A great con job The attack on homosexual people in the Uniting Church 19-10-2003
Jesus the Mystery Is there any place for Jesus 10/10/2003
Worship the Mystery The Divine after God is gone 5-10-2003
Ruddock Promoted to Attorney General 29-9-2003
Right Relationships A Sermon 4-10-2003
The Wedge 28-09-2003 Wedge Politics in the Church
(Posted under Sexuality and Politics)
The Link Visiting Baxter 24-9-2003
The New Proposal 84 (ASC Decisions)
President's Letter after ASC
President's Media Release
Common Fallacies Assembly was not stacked etc
The Media's variations on a theme. Moral: don't trust what you read in the paper
Assembly Standing Committee's Supplementary Report to Assembly 2003
EMU and the Polarisation of the Church "Evangelical" Members of the Uniting Church.
Where we were at in 1997
Uniting Sexuality and Faith (pdf file 1997)
Where we were at in 2000
Validity and Discrimination
Homosexuality and the Bible Dr Walter Wink
The Noise from Moyes An Analysis of Dr Moyes letter to his congregation August 18 2003
Media Misunderstanding of Proposal 84 August 18 2003
The Moderators' Letter from Assembly August 18 2003
Visits to Baxter 11 August 2003
Spam is bad August 11 2003
Ethics of Sex, Is there a biblical sex ethics? from Walter Wink 11-8-2003
The End of Terror, or a new beginning? August 11 2003
Anger and Despair Australian Democracy and Refugees August 11 2003
Proposal 84 What Assembly 2003 said (July 28 2003)
Common Questions on Proposal 84 (July 28 2003)
The President's Pastoral Letter (July 28 2003)
Commentary by Jan on Proposal 84 (July 28 2003)
Mr Niles Spouts Forth A not very Christian Press Release (July 28 2003)
Never, ever... is the tide turning July 16 2003
Serial Ignorance... Rev Prof James Haire UCA Press Release July 16 2003
The Australian Solution What an indictment July 16 2003
Oh the irony... Tobacco finally owns up? July 16 2003
Who killed Jesus? A Palm Sunday Sermon about us July 2003
Also crossed posted in Sermons: Who killed Jesus?
An American in Baxter The irony of what we complain about! July 2003
No mercy for children Ruddock goes to court to keep them in jail July 2003
Do not be silent How we respond to fundamentalism July 2003
Tillich On the relationship between certitude and fanaticism July 2003
Gambling: A net benefit?!! July 2003
I tried to find him... July 2003
We stand passively mute Senator Byrd Feb 2003
Life in Detention June 29 2003 How bad can it get?
Iran Go Home? June 29 Senator Bartlett on the Iranian deportation
Letter to Phillip June 29 2003 Turn around, Mr Ruddock. Go back.
Ride the Storm Sermon on Mark 4:35-40 June 2003
Children in Detention (1) Statistics from Mr Ruddock June 7 2003
Children in Detention (2) The horrible truth June 7 2003
Is there a Christian view on refugees? June 7 2003
Tampa not forgotten Australia still stinks June 1 2003
Intolerant and Untruthful Sir William Deane on Aust Government June 1 2003
Escape from Woomera The Game is Good June 1 2003
Compassion as it should be Bob Brown on Tampa June 1 2003
Detention is mental torture Psychiatric illness caused by detention in Australia's refugee prisons May 23 2003
A Generous Offer... not. Iranian forced repatriation May 17 2003
UCA Condemns Iran Agreement (News Release) May 17 2003
Medical Negligence Doctors sue Detention Centres over treatment of refugees May 16 2002
Reducing Rights Nobbling the Human Rights Commission May 16 2003
A Denial of Basic Rights Malcolm Fraser on the Howard government's policies May 1 2003
Free Trade?! Ha! Craig Emerson MP May 14 2003
Hung Out To Dry What Lying Does to Us May 10 2003
Scapegoat The Fall of the Governor General May 10 2003
Slaughter, Guilt, Comfort and Denial Dr Carmen Lawrence April 9 2003
Lies, True Lies The way we let media lie to us April 13 2003
The War at Home Fourth day impressions of the war March 23 2003
Going "Home to Iran" An Australian Scandal and Indecency March 13 2003Australian Federal Cabinet Email Addresses
Australian Senate Email Addresses
Australian House of Representatives Email Addresses
The Main Course The aborigines from Dundee March 8 2003
Political Interference? Alston sits on the ABC over Papua Concert March 8 2003
No TV! The PM gives it back. March 8 2003
Over board and over here "Children Overboard" refugees make it to Australia March 8 2003
Not Listening, John The preparations and protests over the Iraq war continue March 7 2003
Why trust the generals? A US military scandal to keep in mind as George walks Johnnie the dog March 7 2003
Rough Round the Edges Fundamentalism tries to remove the uncertainty of life March 2 2003
The TV News The questionable largesse of Telstra Feb 2003TV or not TV? The leadership of Prime Minister Howard Feb 2003
February 16 Peace March Adelaide SA (1)
February 16 Peace March (2) Pictures
Thinking out loud about Jesus... a response to Spong Feb 2003
No Virgins Please, we're Christians Jan 2003
For God's Sake... an un-Christian funeral January 2003
John Valda seriously questions Howard Jan 2003
Uniting Church Condemns Aust Govt (Press Release) Jan 2003
Wake Up Mr Howard: You are the one who is out of step! January 2003
Why burn the place down?... You reap what you sow. Jan 2003
The Fertility of Story Exploring the power of our own story Jan 2003
Contrasts and Commonalities Jan 2003
Virginal Worship? Towards Worship (3) What is medium and what is message? Jan 2003
In the midst of life; the death of two boys Jan 2003 (> 60 seconds)
Utter Pointlessness Living with pointlessness and the loss of meaning Jan 2003
Towards Worship Towards Worship (1) Worship in the light of Spong December 2002
Interpreting Virgins Towards Worship (2) Virgins, anger and prickly motivation. Christmas 2002
Who is God? December 2002?
Heatwave Summer in Elizabeth, Australia December 2002
Nicholson's Cartoons on Refugees. (> 60 seconds) Dec 28 2002 A page of thumbnails of all the Nicholson cartoons I could find. Peter Nicholson's Website
The Bhagwati Report: Human Rights and Immigration Detention in Australia (30 secs) Nov 2002
Carly fell in love... what is real faithfulness November 2002
Fact and Theorem, Hypothesis and Hype Being critical about religious experience November 2002
Truth Overboard The politicians knew!!! November 2002Why I Pray Prayer (3) A sermon by Rev Judith Meyer Nov 2000
Saying My Prayers Prayer (2) October 2002
Prayer (1) October 2002
Rob's Reflections: Wise words on misusing "Fundamentalism" Sept 2002
The Big Questions: Who am I? Sept 2002
Penny Sept 2002
Transported on the Train Sept 2002
Auntie Mary Sept 2002
On the bus September 2002
Why did I stay? Manipulation and Paradigms September 2002
Two Times Jesus July 28 2002
Action for Refugees One man's plans August 5 2002
Suffer the little children: A government without mercy August 3 2002
Changing the Rules UCA Press Release 15 Aug 2001
Who causes riots? UCA Press Release 22 April 2002
Use and Abuse of Refugees UCA Press Release 22 July 2002
UN Report P.N. Bhagwati August 3 2002
Concentration camps in Australia August 3 2002
A New Worship (Letter to a friend after morning coffee) August 2002
A Brief Girlfriend August 2000
Lived Awaiting Heaven? August 2002
Drecly July 2002
Fat June 2002
Elizabeth Station July 2002
Prayer on the Train July 2002
Poor Boy Honest Of Mercedes and Madness June 2002
Life on the Land The other side of illness June 2002
One Leg Happiness is what? Feb 12 2002
Homework A kind of richness June 16 2002
Dry Creek - Different Lives Elegance in the Wastelands May 2002
Reviving Resurrection May 25 2002 Is bodily resurrection a key doctrine or has it become an error. A brief conversation
Epiphany April 25 2002 Notions about what Epiphany and experiencing the Divine might mean
Hares April 24 2002 Surprising life in the wastelands
Nana's Sunrise April 27 2002 Nana's theology was very simple... but there is not much more I can say.
God Knows May 2000 The same sensing comes in the waves, and far from the beach.
Solace April 2002 Presence during pain?
Brownie and Pelicans: the Presence of God Sept 28 2001 Originally a sermon, this recounts one man's epiphany, and thinks about what it might all mean.
On The Beach 1989 Reflection when faced with the apparent hostility of nature and our insignificance.
Darkness circa 1981 How reflection leads to the Divine. A journal entry "as writ" at the time.
Happiness is...? April 2002
A Greater Reality Very basic theologising April 13 2002
Cheap Bastards The Australian Govt strikes again 31 March 2002
Anatomy of a Depression Easter 2002
Pain Easter 2002
Betrayal Easter 2002
Healing Easter 2002
Scars and Scraping Easter 2002
The Veil of the Temple Easter 2002
Others Said 29 March 2002
A-men! February 17 2002
She Who Must Be Obeyed! 12 Feb 2002
One Leg Feb 12 2002
There Goes the Neighbourhood Feb 12 2002 (1993)
Prayer of a Working Man January 19 2002
Dishes January 19 2002
Tampa = Disgrace January 19 2002
Those Lucky Refugees January 19 2002
PM Slammed January 19 2002
Good Language (1) January 5 2002
Good Language (2) January 5 2002
The Feminist Critique January 5 2002
Talking About Each Other January 5 2002
Signs and Symbols January 5 2002
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