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A Sacrifice At Auschwitz
In A Book of Saints, Anne Gordon tells the story of Father Maximilian Kolbe, who was a prisoner at Auschwitz in August 1941. A prisoner escaped from the camp, and in reprisal, the Nazis ordered that ten prisoners had to die by starvation. Father Kolbe offered to take the place of one of the condemned […]
Justice For A Philanthropist
The article listed below tells of the plight of Dick Smith foods as a result of legal action being taken by American Owned Campbell’s (Arnott’s) against his company for using the name Temptins for a biscuit they are selling. While there is little chance that Campbell’s winning the case, the court costs would bankrupt Smith’s […]
Terry Waite Urges Church To Be ‘A Voice For Peace’
05/09/2003 12:01 AM From an article by Dan Webster [ENS] “The world of international affairs is a moral mess,” Terry Waite, the former Anglican envoy held hostage for four years in Lebanon, told an audience at the Salt Lake City Library auditorium in the US on May 3. “I don’t know who is going to […]
David Bloom: Into The Very Presence Of God
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-085 (General) ‘INTO THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD’ – Remembering David Bloom BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #030417 It was early morning, Iraqi time. Crouched in a modified tank, NBC News correspondent David Bloom picked up his phone and played back his messages. One was from Jim Lane, a New York financier […]
W V Young
No ‘gilded path to heaven’: The Australian ministry of William Vickars Young by Rod Benson (May 2003) – reply to In January 1849 the Fortitude sailed into Moreton Bay in what was then the northern region of the colony of New South Wales. On board was the Reverend Charles Stewart, who was to be the […]
Edward Chinn
With the others in the earthly chorus, I salute and am quite saddened about Ed’s death. I had the pleasure and privilege of knowing Ed for something like thirty years. We were in the same clergy club for years while I was Rector of Christ Church and St. Michaels and during the time I worked […]
Easter Faith – A Red Cross
EASTER FAITH – A RED CROSS (by Kim Thoday) Many young Australians lost their lives at Anzac Cove in World War 1. Like many young Australian men, Jack Simpson went to Gallipoli to fight for the cause of freedom. He was an ordinary man from the bush. In the confusion of Gallipoli, Simpson became separated […]
Frederick Buechner
Feature: Easter Hope in Time of War In a career spanning more than 50 years, Frederick Buechner has been one of the nation’s leading literary figures as well as one of the most followed religious thinkers of American society. Author of more than 30 fiction and non-fiction works, Buechner decided to become a writer at […]
Testimony Of A Psychologist-Cum-Businessman
Friday 7th March 2003 My testimony – Finding God in the midst of a sexual addiction and in the ups and downs of business Personal Background I grew up in Southern Africa and trained as a psychologist. I practiced as a psychologist from 1980 to 1992 and then went into business until the present time. […]
Alan Walker
Wednesday 5/2/2003 Alan Walker remembered Summary: The Rev Dr Sir Alan Walker – theologian, evangelist, broadcaster, anti-war activist, former Superintendent of the Wesley Mission and founder of the telephone counselling service Lifeline – has died aged 91. A theological conservative who disapproved of gambling and drinking, Sir Alan was also a social justice progressive, leading […]
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