In Darkest Australia

Reflections 2

Liam — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:50:51 +0000

Hans Kung, Judaism: the religious situation of our time. London: SCM Press, 1992. pp 319 – 347 Kung in these two chapters is attempting to place Jesus in his Jewish context. He notes the following key points: Jesus was not a man of the Jewish establishment Jesus is no preacher of violence Jesus was not [...]

Reflections 1

Liam — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:17:19 +0000

I am currently studying in a class titled “Who is Jesus?” For the class I have to write a series of reflections on the readings. I thought it might be a good chance to get back into updating my blog and letting you read what I am up to. The first reading is: Thomas Rauch [...]

Interactions

Liam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:01:06 +0000

I went on a lovely hike over the weekend. A friend and I hiked down at Wilsons Prom and visited the lighthouse. What struck me about the weekend, other than the obvious beauty of the surrounds, was the local wildlife. Whilst sitting down and preparing dinner I happened to get the fright of my life. [...]

A prophetic voice?

Liam — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:26:59 +0000

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 [...]

A Budget from the margins

Liam — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:43:21 +0000

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 [...]

A life simulator?

Liam — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:50:35 +0000

I got a new computer a couple of weeks back and with it I bought X-Plane. X-Plane is a very good flight simulator. Ever since I got it I have been trying to find time to sit down and practice my flying skills. For someone who has a passing interest in flying but will never [...]

A couple of resources

Liam — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:15:28 +0000

Just a short post today to mention a couple of resources that I have found really helpful recently. The first is Living the Questions. Although it is expensive to buy outright (we have borrowed our copy) it is a great resource that I am considering purchasing. It is a set of DVDs that is split [...]

A clash of cultures?

Liam — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:22:31 +0000

I have just finished preparing a part of tomorrow nights dinner (am I organised or what?) and while doing that I was pondering how food tells us a lot about a culture. For lunch today I had a beautiful kebab (Turkey), my preparation was getting together the marinade for Tandoori Chicken (India) and tonight I [...]

Getting to know all about you!

Liam — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:22:55 +0000

Today I want to try something different. I want to get to know you my readers better. So I would like you to tell me a little bit about yourself. You can participate if you are a regular or if you are a first time visitor. I would love to know your name (or nickname) [...]

Knowing who we are

Liam — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:16:14 +0000

Yesterday our church ‘team’ got together and went through a process called “Team Management Systems”. Basically we all filled out an online questionnaire that asked us about how we prefer to work and interact with people. We were then given a pretty detailed report on our ‘work preference style’. The importance, for our team, came [...]