Monthly Archive: July 2012
Found an excellent article on the US MSC website. Excellent reflections on Bonnhoeffer’s spirituality and parallels in spirituality of the Sacred Heart. Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived in a time when the meaning of religion was...
Julian Burnside skewers Abbot in this opinion piece. How embarrassing that Burnside, a principled atheist or agnostic, should demonstrate the moral bankruptcy of such a public Catholic. It is not surprising that Mr Abbott...
Thanks, Mark Colvin, for pointing out what we should all remember: Child abuse: it’s never been about religious denomination, it’s always been about adults having unchecked power. Some confronting lines: Magdalene laundries were a...
Reading Parker Palmer at the moment, and thoroughly enjoying To Know as We Are Known. We do not learn best by memorizing facts about the subject. Because reality is communal, we learn best by...
A fantastic list, many I’ve read and others on that ever-expanding to-read list. Never deny the value of American literature! Library of Congress Picks 88 Unobjectionable Books that “Shaped America” – Hit & Run...
Yes, yes and yes! This article is from the July 2 issue of The Sydney Morning Herald Digital Edition. To subscribe for $4.50 a week, visit http://smh.com.au/digitaledition. A failure from many parents and schools...