Learning to be present: Journeying up and down to Melbourne for the last three months to visit my sister Sylvia in hospital, for a short time in rehab, and now preparing for her funeral, rotating in and out of those… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column No names: Obadiah won’t be naming a church or denomination, but there’s a group of bell ringers sad that they have been told they can’t ring the bells any longer at a particular church. Obadiah is… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Too good to be real: It’s is a great quote and many people, including Brian Houston, but he’s only one among hundreds of thousands, have posted it. But it is a fake. The quote: ” Brothers,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Helen Garner describes the allure of Australian Rules Football in her latest book “The Season,” chronicling a year of footy practice with her grandson Abby. For men it is “the codes of behaviour they’ve had to… Continue Reading
Chalking up a win: Richard Attieh, producer of the doco Written in Chalk about Arthur Stace, the Eternity man who chalked the one-word sermon over half a million times, reports the movie got a good reception at the Art and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Who goes there: “The people who go to heaven are all alike in one way: they are sinners who have placed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9).” is a good quote… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column ### Easter greeting from under the Akubra: Maverick MP Bob Katter put up a maverick instagram post. ### Scots’ Publicity: Obadiah was truly impressed with the handout at Scot’s Church in Collins Street Melbourne. It is… Continue Reading
Surprise! Catholics are more Catholic than before: A closet (but not a wardrobe) is somewhere the gay community once hid. And one of those closets historically has housed priests in the Catholic Church. A prescient piece in ARCmag.org, published by… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Rory’s faith: Rory Stewart, former tory Minister – but so much more – was asked on The Rest Is Politics podcast he shares with ex-Labour spin doctor Alistair Campbell “What role does your faith play in… Continue Reading
Despite the fact that Obadiah can not, absolutely can not, sing, he found himself singing in the Opera House. This happened because• The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs put on a concert of “Cathedral Classics.”• It would have been great to go… Continue Reading