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Continue reading →: Skinning the fish before you’ve caught itYesterday I was having lunch with Melinda West, a Community Network Developer for the Mt Druitt Community Ministry, when she came out with a fascinating phrase, “Skinning the fish before you’ve caught it.” “What do you mean by that?” I asked. You see, we’d been talking about public Christianity and…
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Continue reading →: Lest we forget what war is really aboutOn the eve of ANZAC Day, as we honour dead Australians, let us nevertheless remember the difference between laying down you life down for others, and laying down the life of others. The aim of war is the latter. Let us not forget its true horror.
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Continue reading →: Imagining as an act of worship
Last night stimulated some further reflections on the place of imagination within Christianity, and on how we can recover it where it has been forgotten, neglected or exiled. In the process I came across these words from Leland Ryken, in an article entitled, The Imagination as a Means of Grace. Ryken…
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Continue reading →: A question for the Pagan communityWhat is your view on moral absolutes? I ask this because I have heard different things from different quarters. For example, former Pagan Carl McColeman has said, “while some Pagans might choose to believe in the existence of metaphysical principles like good and evil, others argue that such principles are…
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Continue reading →: Accountability In The Information AgeHow do we hold those in power accountable when that power is rooted in information asymmetry? Who, exactly, is watching the watchers? This is a question I found myself wrestling with last week after reading two very different novels—one focused on drone warfare, the other on cyber warfare. Both offered…
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Continue reading →: Is the Torah redundant?The other day I was reminded of a conversation I had with Rabbi Zalman Kastel at the last Anabaptist peace conference. It started with a question about the Old Testament. He asked me, if I recall correctly, if I regarded the Jewish law as “superceded” or “redundant”. After thinking this over…
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Continue reading →: Korean Christian Art: Jesus and the Woman Caught in AdulteryI figured that, since North and South Korea have the attention of the world this week, I should stir the pot with some Korean Christian art. This work, by Woonbo Kim Ki-chang, is entitled “A Woman caught in Adultery (Let he who is without sin cast the first stone).” Let’s…
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Continue reading →: Aghast at the AghoriEvery path has its extremists and Hinduism is no exception. The first I heard of the Aghoris was in a book called, “Yoga: The Essence of Life,” which I read back in 2005. The book was based around interviews of Australian yoga instructors, one of whom, Robert Svoboda, spoke of his…
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Continue reading →: Racist Without Knowing ItI highly recommend reading this article by Waleed Aly on racism in Australia. He rightly points out that every country has racism and that, compared to some countries, Australia is relatively benign. However, he also rightly points out that we routinely fail to address the racism that we do have,…
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Continue reading →: 3D Printed JesusAs followers of my facebook page are no doubt aware, I am fascinated by the possibilities of 3D printing, both for good and for not so good. Even though the 3D printing industry is only in its infancy, its already showing potential to make emergency housing cheaper and to make gun control…
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