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 […]
Halloween experience
Last weekend we hosted a Halloween experience. Of course we all know that Halloween is a tacky, sugar-soaked, commercialised, American-import festival of darkness. But it is also the day of the year when Paddington has more families out on the streets than any other: meeting neighbours, engaging their imaginations with costumes and decorations, and sharing fun […]
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