Going to Nineveh

Sermon for Epiphany 3 (25 January 2009)
Jonah 3.1-5, 10
Mark 1.14-20
The Book of Jonah is one of the prophetic books of the Bible, and it’s my favourite book of the whole Bible. The main character of the story—Jonah, of course—is called by God to be a prophet. The word ‘prophet’ simply means ‘to speak for’; a [...]

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To change the world, get the right system

President Obama’s people in the White House are ‘miffed’ at the clunky old PCs they have inherited from the previous regime, with six-year old versions of Microsoft and few laptops. Obama’s team are used to working with Macs. Some people are hoping they’ll refurbish the White House’s technology the same way! See here and here.

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Another Ash Wednesday cartoon

This one is from Catholic Cartoon Blog:
 

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The voice of God in the storm

Sermon for The Baptism of Jesus (11 January 2009)
Genesis 1.1-5
Psalm 29
Mark 1.4-11
October 1983 found me down in Adelaide, in a state of confusion. I had gone down for some oral exams on the way to qualifying as a psychiatrist. Everyone expected me to sail through them. I flunked. Badly.
The day after my devastating failure, I [...]

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Happy New Year

Karen and I had a great night last night with our friends David and Marcia, out for dinner at Southbank and then the Queensland Pops Orchestra concert. The program ranged from the likes of Puccini, Bizet & Stravinsky to Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (think ABBA). We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Out in time to [...]

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