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Tag: opinion pieces

On Messiah’s

December 21, 2008Cheryl7 Commentswritingadvent, christmas, opinion pieces, the Age

I’ve written an opinion piece for today’s Sunday Age… it’s on the search for messiah’s, and other such christmassy things…

in the Age today

November 9, 2008Cheryl2 Commentswritingopinion pieces, the Age

I’ve written a piece for today’s paper on elections, hope and Pandora’s box. I’m still on holidays, back on Tuesday…

opinion piece

November 2, 2008Cheryl3 Commentswritingopinion pieces, the Age

I’ve written an opinion piece for today’s Age. It’s on the Lord’s Prayer being said at the beginning of the day in Federal Parliament. I don’t choose topics for opinion pieces – the editor rings with an idea and we throw it around for a bit. if i can get vaguely interested in it after…

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were you there

March 23, 2008Cheryl3 Commentsblog, writingopinion pieces, the Age

we wondered on friday whether the ‘you’ in the hymn ‘were you there when they crucified my lord’ is directed to people or to god… i think we found our theme for next year’s easter space. i wrote for the Age today, an opinion piece about hope. It’s online here.

an op-ed piece in the Age today

January 6, 2008Cheryl4 Commentsblog, writinggrief, movies, opinion pieces, p.s. i love you, the Age

it’s been ridiculously hot in melbourne this week – mid 30’s to low 40’s [that’s celsius], with only a couple of days respite. we did what every sensible person in town did: escaped to the movies. 5 times. out of all the films i saw – which included Atonement [melancholic, profound and beautiful], No Country…

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in the Age today

November 25, 2007Cheryl6 Commentswritingchristmas, opinion pieces, sacred, secular, the Age

It’s a big news day in Melbourne today… new federal government, footy draft results… but if you keep reading past the headlines to the opinion section of the Age, you might find this article i wrote about the tension between the sacred and the secular at christmas…

in the Age today

October 7, 2007Cheryl3 Commentswritingopinion pieces, the Age

i’ve written an opinion piece for the Age today, about women in leadership and the culture of the church.

with god on side

May 27, 2007Cheryl66 Commentswritingarticles, media, opinion pieces, the Age

i’ve written an opinion piece for the Sunday Age today. Dawkins’ God Delusion documentary has been showing on tv, and there have been a flurry of articles about atheism to go alongside that. The Age asked me to write about the case for God. it’s online here.

article

December 10, 2006Cheryl1 Commentblog, writingarticles, jeff buckley, opinion pieces, the Age

i was asked to write an opinion piece for today’s Sunday Age on why Jeff Buckley’s cd Grace was voted Australia’s second favourite album in a poll last weekend, and whether that says anything about our take on spirituality… [yep, i was surprised too…!] if you’re interested, it’s online here

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