No one does unhappy like Nick Cave. Nick Cave was born to do unhappy. The Australian musician has built a career exploring the dark and deadly things of life, and has had his fair share of misery, not least of all the tragic death of one of his twin teenage sons a few years ago […]
I was cleaning up around the front doors of the school building we use for church on Sunday (yes, our state is open, our church gathering is back on, and COVID-19 seems to be locked out by our hard border). It was a typical windy winter day, so there was a pile of swirling leaves […]
On the weekend I ticked off one of the running goals I’ve had for a few years, to run a half marathon at a sub 4 minutes per kilometre pace. And I did it at our state’s premier half marathon event, the Perth Half Marathon, run by the always excellent Western Australian Marathon Club. It […]
Grief. It’s all around us at the moment. Often with a mask on, so that you can’t see the downturned face. There are great griefs and small griefs and griefs that for many would be great, but for some noble souls seems bearable. Then there are the trashy faux griefs (and ain’t there a load […]
The shepherd was outfoxed by Fox. John MacArthur ended up on Tucker Carlson Tonight to explain the most important reason for the church he leads, Grace Community Church, refusing to stay closed during the COVID-19 lockdown in his home state of California. So Tucker Carlson begins with a bit of a crack at the local […]
US pastor John MacArthur is behaving like the moody teenager whose parents “know nothing” and should get out of his way and “don’t tell me what to do.” You know the type. The same moody teenager who is more than happy to take mum’s and dad’s money, drive their car and eat the meals pushed […]
The second innings of the Sydney Anglican Senior Minister drought began on The Pastor’s Heart last week with two Sydney rectors. And they pretty much played a straight bat. After all, if you’re facing a first innings deficit (I thought in my response to Phillip Jensen’s first outing, I put on a handy lead), you […]
He was utterly devoid of careerism. Would that that be said of me when I die. These words were actually said of JI Packer, who has just passed away, and gone to be with the Lord. And they’re convicting and challenging words. You can read them here in Christianity Today. Utterly devoid of careerism. They’re […]
If you asked the legendary cricketer that is Shane Warne how he used to leg spin the Australian cricket team to victory he would kinda shrug his shoulders and say something like this: Dunno. Eat a can of beans first I suppose. Have a quick smoke behind the change rooms. Send a cheeky text to […]
The thing about The Young Ones, the cult British comedy from the 1980s, is that it aged badly. Nearly forty years on from the squalor of Thatcher, the program doesn’t fly. I used to guffaw at the antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike. But it would raise barely a chuckle today. The Young Ones […]
