Lifestyle
Homosexuality – Brian McLaren’s evolving views…
A “farewell, Brian McLaren” moment, or not I recently received this note from a reader of my books, someone I had met on a trip to Asia a few years back: I read recently about your recent stand on homosexuality … Don ¢â‚¬â„¢t know if everything is correct ¢â‚¬“ but this was my comment on that […]
Questionnaire (Wendell Berry)
Questionnaire (Wendell Berry) 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of […]
Random Wisdom :-)
Some wisdom I heard for the first time recently (not in order of significance): * Kangaroos can’t walk backwards * ‘We will settle for disorder in lesser things for the sake of order in greater things, and therefore be content to be discontented about…. ‘ [From the GROW handbook – a self-help ministry for/by those […]
Enneagram 5’s
Type 5 Enneagram ¢â‚¬“ The Wise and Private One Mar 29th, 2011 by Karen Armstrong Nine Ways of Relating in Life ¢â‚¬“ Type Five Are you drawn into understanding why the world works as it does, curious to figure out why things are as they are ¢â‚¬“ whether it be the cosmos, the animal, plant or […]
Bullying flourishes because it is kept secret
Sharlene Chadwick says bullying flourishes because it is kept secret. By Michael Short. The Zone – Sharlene Chadwick Sharlene Chadwick from Peer Support Australia talks in The Zone. CHILDHOOD and adolescence can be terribly marred by bullying. Bullying has been around as long as there have been people, but it has been rendered more complex and insidious by […]
Youth anger – let’s encourage their teachers more…
Their souls slide away, but don’t look back in anger September 16, 2012 All men are liars (Sam de Brito) Jeez, isn’t it unfashionable to be angry? I don’t mean phoning-up-the-radio-to-complain-about-“them-boat-people” angry. Or even “How-dare-they-call-Leisel-Jones-fat!” and “My-power-bill-is-what?!” angry. I refer to your I’m-young-and-live-in-a-dump-suburb-and-nothing-good-ever happens-so-I-play-loud-music-and-drive-fast-and-get-filthy-pissed-and-cause-trouble angry. There are plenty of givers for this type of anger […]
Marriage: should wives ‘submit’ to their husbands? Pro and Con
Men and women are different, and so should their marriage vows Peter Jensen Published: August 29, 2012 – 10:55AM Marriage really matters. Thank God we are talking about it. As Professor PatrickParkinson said in these pages last week, marriage is ”by far the most stable, safe and nurturing relationship in which to raise children”. However, fewer […]
Friesian Horses: beautiful!
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Reading is a right that needs to be addressed
Date August 19, 2012 Sam de Brito Recently, I met a young Perth woman who had had both her knees broken with a crowbar by her boyfriend. He followed this up by putting a gun to her head, demanding a reason why he shouldn’t kill her and, when her mother phoned her for the first […]
Life-wisdom
THE AWAKENING August 14, 2012 Many will relate: Some will learn what is ahead: May we all come to our awakening. THE AWAKENING A time comes in your life when you finally get it ¢â‚¬ ¦when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head […]
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