Bogosity

I mentioned awhile back that a bunch of people from around Brisbane Anglican churches are forming a group devoted to setting an environmental agenda in the mission of the Anglican church in the Brisbane diocese.

The first of the groups activities is to put together a kit for running services to celebrate world environment day. [...]

Not all atheists or humanists think religion is bad. For enlightened and extremely clever intellectuals, religion is a wonderful expression of the feelings of humanity when confronted with the great beyond – that which is seemingly infinitely greater than ourselves – time, the universe, the ocean, the sky, re-runs of the Simpsons , etc…

God [...]

This is a really inspiring episode of Encounter:

Encounter – 11 February 2007 – Renewing the Neighbourhood

Vinnies Budget Grocery has opened its doors in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree West. It’s the product of an enterprising Neighbourhood Renewal Project, and a partnership between residents, government and faith-based organisations.

In these times of church AGMs and planning, [...]

Actually I don’t really but thought that a title like that might get some attention. Just like how a bunch of churches have been trying the same publicity stunt using their infamous billboards. Of course the trouble with catchy three worders is that they can be interpreted to mean all kinds of things [...]

One blog is just not enough for me. When I started blogging, I wanted to make a space for me to put philosophical musings on the meaning of life and god and stuff. I also wanted to present a view of Christianity that was alternative to the conservative right wing American expression that [...]

This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, argue, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh, cajole, create, confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, [...]

Just before Christmas (or was it after?), James handed me My Life with the Saints by James Martin, SJ. For some reason I also started reading it even though I already had a million other books I wanted to get through. I have a vague passing interest in saints and at the [...]