May our anger at the injustice of the world not be mollified by the anticipation of unwrapping espresso makers and Pandora charms may our despair at politics of fear and hatred not be drowned out by Christmas carols that tell only of happiness and joy and may our belief in Christmas miracles not leave us…
We have waited so long surely forever. We have lived with the dissatisfaction of a world not right. We have railed at injustice and wept with impossible sadness at love’s failure. We have been angry, impatient, desperate fearful hopeful waiting for the time this will be different. Tonight we take a step of faith: we…
Ross and I went into Port Phillip as planned on christmas day… I took the printed orders of service complete with their carols, only to discover that the cd player that was going to accompany the singing was commandeered by the catholics who were leading a service in the mainstream chapel [which was fair, it’s…
The story tells us that it’s those who wait in the world’s shadows who are the first to know of the Christ-child, born into darkness bringing great light. So we gather as those who carry the rumour of peace and the truth of love into a world longing for light. We gather as those who…
I think I’ve mentioned a couple of times that we have been designing waiting space advent installations for a couple of the temporary accommodation villages in the parts of Victoria that were devastated by bushfires last summer. It’s been a bit of a slow process – waiting until funding comes through, waiting until we can…
Jonny has posted a really lovely advent movie, using footage he made of sky lanterns at the Big Chill festival with words from a prayer I wrote a few years ago. I’d use it on christmas eve, i think. He’s made it available as a free download on vimeo – and proost subscribers can download…
We’re using this this afternoon in Port Phillip Prison… Perhaps this Christmas you are searching for the peace that Mary found – the peace that let her have the world believe whatever it wanted about her; the peace that came from believing that God’s story of love might be told through her too. Perhaps you…
This was a great article in yesterday’s Age on our community’s instinct response to imprison criminals. From the article, written by Marie Segrave and Bree Carlton: The challenge for anyone interested in asking these questions is the accusation of ”going soft on crime”. Those who are concerned about the welfare and human rights of prisoners…
the missing verses between Luke 2:6 and Luke 2:7 and in the space between the full stop and the capital letter lies the untold story of the birth of a baby of the first moment she guessed it was starting an unfamiliar pain the rush of fluid the cramping force halting and hesitant then fierce…
