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Letter to the Editor
Dear Southern Cross (the newsletter of the Sydney Anglican Diocese)
The real issue at stake regarding sexual ethics, according to Dr Jensen's article " Why I am going to Israel", is the preservation of reverence for "Biblical authority". When will he acknowledge that those on the other side of the divide actually share this concern? In a spirit far ( Read more... ) -
Rudd in the Monthly
Well, those who know me well will know i'm ecstatic about our new PM. Finally, a big picture guy again ( Read more... ) -
Cool Documentaries
John Pilger's new film, "The War on Democracy" is quite brilliant, and the whole film's on YouTube.
..and if it sparks your interest in Chavez, there's a fascinating Irish documentary that's also on YouTube, called "The revolution will not be Televised", which looks at the 2002 coup in much greater detail. This one's ten times more gripping than the ( Read more... ) -
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The introduction to A Childs Bible. Lessons from the Torah explains "All the stories from the Torah are true. Yet this doesn't mean that the stories happened just as the Torah tells.. As you read the stories you should ask "what truth is the story teaching me?""What does this story say i should do?""How does this story say I should behave?"
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Dotti
So this morning I was at the supermarket and this little old lady asked me to get a can of hairspray off the top shelf for her. She said thankyou very much young man, then asked me how old i thought she was. I wondered what to say to a woman who looked like she was sixty. How obviously do you want to undercut your estimate to flatter her, without ( Read more... ) -
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For no reason, other than that she's kind, winsome and wonderful, my wife left me flowers and Skittles by my bedside while i was at work tonight.
I'm so so so so soooooo lucky!
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Letter to the editor
Margaret, I am appalled at the one-sidedness of your opinion piece ( Read more... ) -
Big boy adventures
You know those people you meet from time to time who somehow seem to always be adventuring? You ask them "hey - have you ever gone touring before?" and they answer ( Read more... ) -
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..the study found that migrants to Australia are generally healthier, better educated, more law-abiding, more willing to participate in society and less dependent on welfare payments than the average Australian-born citizen.
From Article "Australian migrants well-off", front page of Current Epoch Times, edition 134
..Stick that on your front page, ( Read more... )
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