Earlier this year I took on the job of editing the journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand, On The Road. This month my first issue came out!
You can download it here. It contains some a paper on Ephesians 4, an article about smacking and family values, a reflection on Gandhi and [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 28, 2009
On The Road 42
October 28, 2009
Refugees and the media
I was horrified to see on Media Watch on Monday the way the commercial media is demonizing asylum seekers and using dodgy figures to incite public outrage. The public doesn’t argue with statistics provided to them by those ‘reliable’ newsreaders (who are deliberately chosen to be ‘trustworthy’ looking). There is no better way to send [...]
October 22, 2009
For The Bible Tells Me So: A Review
I watched the documentary For The Bible Tells Me So a couple of weeks ago. It had me crying in one point, as a woman describes how her lesbian daughter committed suicide. The woman had followed the advice of Dr James Dobson and wrote to her daughter telling her that she would never accept her [...]
October 7, 2009
Churches of reconciliation: the diverse church as good news for the world
Here’s the text version of the paper; the previous post offered a pdf version.
WA TEAR Conference 19 September 2009
As TEAR people, you already know that the good news is more than personal salvation after you die. You know that justice is an essential part of the kingdom of God. But have you ever heard the [...]
