In the midst of it all, I want to stay with the Everlasting Arms.

August 6 is earmarked by the Church to remember the Transfiguration of Jesus – each of the gospels records the event. For me Mark’s narrative captures, in Peter’s response, the way I’d surely feel in any ‘situation extremus’ when confronted by divine glory or my own human frailty.

Be careful what you sing.

I write because I have to.

The October referendum asks for a simple answer to a diverse, complex question.

Most Christian believers acknowledge Pentecost Sunday as the Church’s birthday. Luke’s treatise, the Acts of the Apostles, records the ‘birth’ and early experiences. In a previous issue John Kidson shared part of his ‘discovered’ journal of an apparent younger follower. The ‘discovery’ continues.

Most Christian believers acknowledge Pentecost Sunday as the Church’s birthday. Luke’s treatise, the Acts of the Apostles, records the ‘birth’ and early experiences. In a previous issue John Kidson shared part of his ‘discovered’ journal of an apparent younger follower. The ‘discovery’ continues.

Most Christian believers acknowledge Pentecost Sunday as the Church’s birthday. Luke’s treatise, the Acts of the Apostles, records the ‘birth’ and early experiences. Recently John Kidson ‘discovered’ the journal of an apparent younger follower.

‘The Lord controls the mind of a king as easily as he directs the course of a stream.’ (Proverbs 21:1)

I’d like a sunburnt Australia.