Just watched an interesting video discussing Jesus’ role as a prophet. It then flowed on to how Christians should stand up for justice. I loved the description of a cartoon that was told. In the cartoon there was a person praying, “Jesus thanks so much for coming into my life, but did you have to [...]

Last night Wayne Swan delivered his second budget. Now I don’t want to comment specifically on the details of that budget, but it would be remiss of me not to take the opportunity to remain topical. I believe that one of the many (and perhaps main) roles of Government is to provide for the disadvantaged [...]

If you have been watching the news here in Australia over the weekend you will have seen the political furore over the boatload of Asylum Seekers that caught fire and sunk, killing five people and injuring scores more. Seven and a half years on from the ‘Children overboard’ fiasco both sides of Federal politics have [...]

Today the Rudd government announced they were going to fund research into Carbon capture technology. Money is going to be spent on research on a technology that IF, and it’s a big if, works will allow polluting industries to continue polluting. That money will, in the scheme of the Federal budget, now not be spent [...]

I have just finished reading Graeme Hodge’s post ‘grow your own’ over on the Rubicon and thought that I would like to add some thoughts to what he has to say. Hodge talks about the need for individuals to take action to work against climate change. He highlights the problem of individual action being drowned [...]

Today’s challenge for the 31 days to build a better blog challenge is to write a list post, so here it is: As you have no doubt picked up, I am keen on building community. I think one of the best ways to build community is to eat together, so here is my list of [...]

Today is one of those days that will change the face of the planet forever, but most people won’t even notice. Tata, an Indian car company today released the Nano, the world’s cheapest car at a shade under $AU3,000. India is the world’s second most populated nation. It has over a billion people living in [...]

So you have a big decision to make, how do you do it? No doubt you rely on some sort of information. Today I got asked a question about my understanding of and involvement in social justice. (The interview went well, thanks for asking!) I talked about my interest in Fairtrade. I spoke about how [...]

I have to admit that the title of today’s post comes from a blog, which is a collaboration of Seeds and Manna Gum networks. Over the next few weeks a large number of Australian’s are going to receive Manna from Kevin (hehehe) in the form of government payments to low income earners, students and families. [...]

In some of my previous posts I have been reviewing John Cobb’s book. One of the issues he raises is the idea of the church’s response to the Feminist movement. I have been thinking about it for the past few days and thought I would give some of my own thoughts. Most people I talk [...]