thinking honestly about life and faith
For many years we have walked past the wetlands fed by the Painkalac Creek, at Airey’s Inlet. Very often we see this magnificent bird, sometimes in a tree but more often standing still in the water. The Great Egret is … Read More »
I will be preaching this coming Sunday at the Collins Street Baptist Church, Melbourne, the first Sunday in a 5 part series on “A life worth living”. The Pastor, Dr Simon Holt, invited me and 4 others to address this … Read More »
I will be preaching this coming Sunday for a group of churches who will meet on Pentecost Sunday. I thought to share a few thoughts which will form some of the basis for my sermon. The principal text is the … Read More »
I am really enjoying Marilynne Robinson’s latest book Reading Genesis. Many of us have loved her novels, especially the Gilead series, filled with rich insight into human life, themes of family, love, home, and the quest for a faith that … Read More »
One of the most challenging and rewarding books I have read for a long time, and keep on returning to, is my next Terrific Tome: it’s a big book and worth spending a lot of time with. Rita Nakashima Brock … Read More »
I am greatly enjoying Tim Winton’s The Boy Behind the Curtain. It shows him to be a deeply reflective man, a person of spiritual and ethical sensitivity as well as dedicated and hard-working in his life as a writer. The … Read More »