Gil Docking 1919-2015 In March 1952, the students and staff of the Theological Hall in Queen’s College, at the University of Melbourne, met in retreat before the beginning of the academic year. At the opening session in the Chapel, a young Adonis followed the sombrely dressed clerical professors to the lectern. A handsome giant of a man, he was dressed […]
In Praise of Gaps (and those who stand in them)
A reflection by Rev Dr Geoff Broughton, December 2015 Parker J Palmer, an educator and Quaker, has been one of the most reliable spiritual guides in my life since I first met him nearly 20 years ago in San Francisco. In one of his recent books, Healing the Heart of Democracy, he writes about the […]
Carols of Compassion
Why are we singing Christmas Carols here, outside the Department of Immigration? Government employees, prison officers and border protection personnel – forget for the moment security guards contracted to private companies – are not theologically bound to love their enemies, to renounce retribution, or to act justly, to love mercy or to walk humbly. As […]
Advent: A Season for Singing
In a consumer culture like ours it has become a financial necessity for the retailers to be the “advent” of Christmas. In shopping centres everywhere the Christmas carols we love to sing appear along with the Christmas trees, decorations and the incessant advertising. Well-intentioned attempts to revive the “meaning for the season” fall largely on […]
Wisdom’s Children
‘Wisdom’s Children’: Biblical Proverbs and Western Culture For our November PEACEtalk Dr Ben Myers shared with us some of the work he has been doing on an upcoming book called Wisdom’s Children: Biblical Proverbs and Western Culture. This work explores the ways in which the genre of biblical proverbs has been assimilated and subversively imitated by different […]
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