An Obadiah Slope column None of these rescuers/restrainers would have planned for this. They were ambling along, crossing the bridge. Maybe it is on their way to work, but they look a bit casual for office workers. The policewoman on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Lefty Christians: Clive Hamilton founder of the left think tank The Australia Institute only realised that several of its early board members were Christians, “it was only writing the memoir that II looked back and thought… Continue Reading
I blundered, and taught a racist gospel Continue Reading
Why one of my favourite songs won’t ever be the same Continue Reading
An “Obadiah Slope” Column Ro-manse: There’s been some online reminiscing by Baptists with their former Marrickville manse selling for $3,500,000. Its a nice little house, on a block not far from the railway station in an inner Sydney suburb. I… Continue Reading
Maybe Obadiah is being fanciful. But just suppose you were in a Sydney Anglican Church that wanted to appoint a woman as senior minister. Impossible, right? Well maybe no longer. Richard Condie the Bishop of Tasmania, and the chair of… Continue Reading
Longing for heaven: My father used to say “ if you listen properly to music you will get what it means.” He was an intensely musical man. I am not. As the least musical member of the family it rarely… Continue Reading
Flcking through Linked in, Obadiah notices a self-description “graduate from paid employment”. Nice. Being that way inclined at the moment Obadiah gives a wry smile to himself. * * * It turns out that replacing “mother” with “birthing parent” on… Continue Reading
Times have changed: In the instructions for Obadiah’s “Scripture” lesson (volunteer teaching at a local public school), we were told to bring examples of different books along to introduce the idea of books have various purposes (tell a story, travel… Continue Reading
Power of prayer: The resignation of England’s former Health Secretary, Sajid Javid from PM Boris Johnson’s cabinet prompted the avalanche of resignations that forced PM Boris Johnson out of office. Javid revealed that it was a sermon at a prayer… Continue Reading