Is it you, or is it me?

by | Mar 23, 2019 | 7 comments

I guess you’ve all heard about the recent attack on a couple of mosques in New Zealand. All decent people agree that it was a terrible thing. There’s been an outpouring of sympathy towards the Muslim community in New Zealand and here in Australia. (We...

War, what is it good for?

by | Feb 23, 2019 | 2 comments

A conversation I was in a few days ago – about war and Anzac Day etc – reminded me of a similar conversation I’d had in America with a fellow student, back in the mumble-mumbles. I was a teenager then and I had declared myself a pacifist. I believed...

The state of me address

by | Feb 16, 2019 | 2 comments

I know it’s been a while, and I apologise for that, but finally here I am ready to spill the beans, pour my guts out, share my journey etc etc. But before I do that, please indulge me as I have  a little hissy fit. I HATE IT when my blog provider changes how I...

A little potted history of Christmas

by | Dec 22, 2018 | 1 comment

For the first 300 years, there wasn’t any Christmas. Birthdays just weren’t that important; not even Jesus’s. Although, many early theologians discussed possible birth dates, the early Christians were more focussed on celebrating Jesus’ death and resurrection....

Some things never change

by | Nov 17, 2018

When I was just a little girl, probably about 6 or 7 years of age, I made a new friend at school. I can’t remember now what country she’d come from – it was too long ago – but I think it was Holland … or maybe Poland … somewhere in...