More than 125 years ago the Anglican Church at Five Ways began life as a ‘wayside chapel’ of the large, grand and wealthy establishment church in East Sydney (St John’s Darlinghurst). Times have changed. Since those days before Federation there has been a role reversal for residents of the inner east! Unfortunately the church has […]

As we each reflect on the ANZAC Day centenary out of our own experience and history, there are two good articles that now appear on the ABC Religion and Ethics website. One by my good friend and mentor (and lifelong friend of former rector Clive Watkins) Bishop Stephen Pickard (it will also appear in the […]

For our last PEACEtalk I shared some of my reflections on mental illness and theology. One of the central points that I tried to make was that Christians are not to explain away suffering by pretending that it is a good in disguise. Now we have to be careful here, don’t we? After all, there […]

Across the various subjects I teach my favourite is the second year subject called ‘Jesus the Christ’. Christology is a central part of Christian theology. The study of Jesus can be exciting (even exhilarating!) and exhausting. More books about Jesus are written each year than anyone can keep up with: ranging from the excellent to the […]

Friday the 30th of January @ 6.30pm! Aaron Weiss is the front-person for the American indie band Mewithoutyou. Aaron Weiss is known for his profound and confounding lyrics which draw on themes from Sufism, Christianity, Hegelian philosophy and much, much more. Aaron has kindly agreed to drop into PEACEtalks to speak to us about the […]