Chaplaincy and Mental Health

It is now acknowledged in Australian Society that Mental Heath issues are firmly on the agenda of the new Federal Government with Kevin Rudd the new Prime Minister committing his Government to show leadership and to keep driving the reforms and investment that are needed to improve mental health services. Federal Labor has promised to [...]

Travels with Myself from last year

With an air of anticipation I await my up and coming visit to the UK and Germany. It is a journey mixed with study leave and annual leave. A journey mixed with business and pleasure. What will be business and what will be pleasure can only be truly understood in hindsight.
One of the excursions I [...]

No Country for Old Men

This movie marks a return by the Coen Brother to the highest level of their craft. This in my opinion is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. This is a colourful, well crafted thriller has been described as “a quirky and bloody meditation on the rising tide of violence [...]

Chaplaincy Spaces

Chaplaincy does not take place in a vacuum. Chaplaincy exists in a geographical location. For those of us who are students of the bible we have an insight to the power of location. The use of locations in the scriptural narrative is inscribed with meaning. The mention of the word desert or wilderness becomes indicative [...]

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A long long time ago I studied New Testament Greek. A subject that I was incredibly bad at as my blog title suggest. I remember in the blackest days of my study I spoke to my then lecturer who encouraged me by telling me to hang in. Which I did. for those of you who [...]