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Q&R Foreword, Introduction, Contents, Chapter One: Good & Evil
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES FOREWORD When someone makes an appointment to see me, a ¢â‚¬Ëœgeneralist ¢â‚¬â„¢ pastoral counselor, what do we talk about? Short answer: anything at all that ¢â‚¬â„¢s important for them. Within the first five minutes I invite my parishioner/client to ¢â‚¬Ëœgive me a headline or two ¢â‚¬â„¢. And, then, mostly, we jump into the deep end. […]
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: My new (2014) book/blog
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: the toughest questions I’ve ever been asked, and some responses Update (10 August 2014): Mosaic Press, with whom I had a contract to submit the total manuscript by October 2014, has gone into liquidation. Sad, that: however the pressure to write (which had often got me up in the ‘small hours’) is […]
Same-Sex Marriage and parenting
Return prejudice to closet when it comes to same-sex marriage and parenting DAVID TANNER THE AUSTRALIAN JUNE 01, 2013 I HAVE a good friend who is a mother of two young children. Zoe, we’ll call her, has strong morals, is principled and is a strong supporter of social justice. I doubt I have met a […]
Modern Australian Politics… sad (Barry Jones)
Barry Jones: the 2013 election and the death of rationality AUTHOR Barry Jones Honorary (Professorial Fellow), Melbourne Graduate School of Education at University of Melbourne DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Barry Jones is a member of the Australian Labor Party, was Minister for Science in the Hawke Labor government (1983-1990), and was a former National President of the ALP […]
Sleep soundly and beat the heat – put your pillow in the fridge
Sleep soundly and beat the heat ¢â‚¬“ put your pillow in the fridge A sleep expert offers his top tips for a good night’s sleep during the warm, sticky nights Emine Saner The Guardian, Tuesday 16 July 2013 04.22 AEST Loose-fitting nightclothes (in cotton or silk) could be more effective than sleeping naked. High temperatures, well […]
Cancer treatments: what works and what’s crazy?
Update (June 18, 2015) Summary of the latest Hospital Saga Briefly: Jan’s left arm and shoulder have been very painful – for over a month. Precursor to angina or other heart troubles or what? Saw a GP last Thursday, 4th – a stand-in for ours who wasn’t on duty that day – and when he […]
TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012)
CHURCHES VS GAYS: WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS IMPASSE? Review/Summary: TORN: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-Vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee (2012). Note 1. Disclosure: I (still) call myself an Evangelical. Archbishop David Penman launched my book on Evangelicals in 1986. Before that, in the 1970s I was Victorian media spokesperson for the Festival of […]
Pentecost sermon: The Holy Spirit as Comforter
A JOURNEY TO PENTECOST : The HOLY SPIRIT AS COMFORTER (A GOOD SERMON HAS A GOOD BEGINNING, A GOOD ENDING, AND THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME BETWEEN THE TWO.) (I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve had a recent revelation about preaching: not everyone can cope with a long sermon, so today you ¢â‚¬â„¢re just getting the headlines ¢â‚¬“ a classical ¢â‚¬Ëœthree points ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬“ […]
Victoria: the Progressive State
Welcome to Victoria, the progressive state Date May 10, 2013 Gay Alcorn Columnist Politically, socially and culturally, Victorians are a breed apart from other Australians. Parochialism aside, Melbourne isn’t some backwater; it’s Australia’s fastest growing city and, by some accounts, will be its largest in a little over a decade. Illustration: Andrew Dyson. An […]
SMALL GROUPS: What does a really healthy small group look like?
WHAT DOES A REALLY HEALTHY SMALL GROUP LOOK LIKE? Christians have always met in small groups ¢â‚¬“ leaders like Jesus and John Wesley built their ministries/movements around them ¢â‚¬ ¦ Small groups where Christians study, share, pray, and ¢â‚¬Ëœmission ¢â‚¬â„¢ together come in many sizes and formats. (It ¢â‚¬â„¢s unlikely that a Pentecostal who ¢â‚¬Ëœprays in the Spirit ¢â‚¬â„¢ for […]
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