Charles Brammall [Sarcasm / ON] We all know that Conservative Evangelicals (esp. Sydney Anglicans) are uninterested in, nay suspicious of, mercy. Social Action and the Social Gospel. (Even more than they are of the Prosperity Gospel.) It’s common knowledge that… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Many decades ago I dumped, in my immaturity, fear, and in my idiocy, a Godly, perfect girl. Committed to holiness, a zealous relationally empathic evangelist, she was a clever, empathic and warm woman who folks found it safe… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall “Jesus to a Child”, 1996: “Kindness in your eyesI guess you heard me cryYou smiled at me like Jesus to a childI’m blessed I knowHeaven sent and heaven stoleYou smiled at me like Jesus to a childAnd… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall The Promised Land is presently an unholy mess, on fire. My cousin is Jewish. I love her. A lot. We spent 100s of hours playing together as younger people. She was raised in an Anglican home, Sunday School,… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall Whilst visiting Australia, now 72 year old, Marakesh-born Israeli Mordecai Vanunu, known also as John Crossman, began attending a church in Sydney’s Inner City. In July 1986 he became a Christian, and joined the Anglican Church. Venunu moved… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall My son was a Grind Core drummer (the heaviest of Heavy Metal music). He chose it out of all the genres because it involved the most technical and difficult drumming, and he wanted to stretch himself. I would… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall My lovely Filipino mother-in-law Amy Lily Torrente, is Executive Director of Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI) Philippines. RBI differs from other missions to the sight-compromised, in that it is not merely a development organisation focused on disability-inclusive… Continue Reading
By Charles Brammall Surely the lyric of this song on “The Endless Wire” album (one of their best) answers this question: “Two Thousand Years” “Two Thousand YearsHave I waitedTo ask if I have loved youTo know if I have served… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on being a chaplain in the entertainment industry Our evangelistic and pastoral relationship with the adult industry (a vexed one) was never planned. I was asking Artarmon shopkeepers if we could put up posters for SPLAT (the Artarman… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall The election of Bishop Ric Thorpe to lead Melbourne’s Anglicans as their new Archbishop marks a further advance towards an evangelical majority in the Anglican Church of Australia. This is a major transformation in a denomination that… Continue Reading