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The First Australians – SBS
I read a great book by Tom Kenealley called A Commonwealth of Theives, a great historical read on the settling of Australia, the first fleet and Sydney Cove etc. He gives a fair bit of detail of the...
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Rev. John Green and the People of Coranderrk Station
There are stories you find that you wonder how they have ever been kept a secret. The story of Scottish preacher man John Green, described as a “Devout Christian man, yet a gentle and understanding...
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Why I Boycotted The Olympics This Year
I decided to not watch any of the Olympics this year due to my outrage that China was allowed to host them when they have so much unfinished business with the international community – meaning, they...
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The Tall Man
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper was my best read of the summer holidays, a book I could not put down. If you love court room type investigative dramas you will love this true story. On the 19th November...
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Books And Movies on Indigenous Aussie Issues
I had a meeting yesterday with some friends about a potential connection between a remote community in the North West and their church in Perth. One of the questions asked was ‘Why?” I think it needs...
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Good Article By Jarrod McKenna
God’s Politics Jesus and Justice Always Kiss: A Plea to Youth Pastors Making Out with Empire by Jarrod McKenna 02-11-2009 That U.S. megaphone of amazing grace, Shane Claiborne, was recently moved to...
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More Boat People…
I heard that Uganda took in 6 million refugees recently…we have 14 or 15 wanting to come in on a boat and it makes national news…we need to get over ourselves ! Here are some stats - They [boat people]...
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Government Funded Christianity?
The Federal Government are reviewing the funding of Chaplaincy in schools around Australia. Mission Australia chaplains were asked to comment on the white paper. My comments were sent in via an email,...
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Dubious Questions Around Afghanistan
A letter from Simon Moyle via Jarod Mc Kenna Defense Minister Stephen Smith recently took a trip to Afghanistan, with a range of reasons cited in the Defense Department media release. What wasn’t...
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Reflections On Getting Arrested
#LoveMakesAWay For many years I have half joked about the fact that on my bucket list was this; that I would be arrested for doing something righteous, Christ-like, aka – not drunk and disorderly...
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Mission Australia’s Response To Budget 2015/16
Mission Australia has today welcomed the Government’s budget announcement that it will invest $331 million in a new Youth Employment Strategy to assist young people to make a successful transition from...
View ArticleMy Daughter’s Asylum Seeker Speech
Sophie, 16, wrote this speech for English. She read it at dinner tonight, wow! Persuasive speech on asylum seekers in Australia “I remember the noise of the gun shots shaking the floor, I remember...
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