This one is a reheat from many years ago. This Christmas I had the good fortune to hear a cracking sermon about the Shepherds from Luke 2:8-20. One thing struck me that I’d not seen before. This passage is all about not what the Shepherds see but, more importantly, Luke wants to draw our attention to what [...]
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Today’s newspapers here in Australia are full of the news that the Government has announced an royal commission into the abuse of children in various establishments. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the creation of a national royal commission into institutional responses to instances of child sexual abuse. The decision was taken at a meeting [...]
View PostAnother fascinating article, this time from instant fundas. The pitch drop experiment began in 1927 when Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, set out to demonstrate to his students that some substances that appear to be solid are in fact very high viscous fluids. He used tar pitch, a derivative [...]
View PostWho wants to be an actor? (picture above from State Library of NSW archives on flickr. h/t Dave Miers). I had a fascinating conversation this weekend about what it means to live the Christian life. My conversation partner came from a religious background that put the emphasis on what we need to do to please [...]
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