On Messiah’s
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
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
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…
were you there
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
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…
in the Age today
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
i’ve written an opinion piece for the Age today, about women in leadership and the culture of the church.
with god on side
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
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