An Obadiah Slope column ### Funny bun: Archbishop Jeremy of Brisbane commits pun-ishment… and Obadiah notes the names of two other Bishops at least gave him a like. Giggling, no doubt! Tradition for sale: Spotted in the “preloved uniform shop… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Headline on the AFL site: “Friends, footy and fantasy: The draft hopeful who reads two books a week.” Yes reading books makes news in some places. Oh, and Obadiah wishes Danika McDonald all the best with… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Drawing to a close: Can you change the world with paper and pencil? The answer is yes if you consider the work of the visionary architect Léon Krier who died this month. He hardly built a… Continue Reading
A note to the future: Anne Weeks posted this on her facebook and asked people to share. So why not? If I get dementia, I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live.… Continue Reading
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