An Obadiah Slope column Graham King, CMS missionary and CofE bishop’s, memoir is being serialised in the US-based Living Church magazine (And on his website) It is full of telling anecdotes, including this one: “I founded an open youth club in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Okay, nokay? Obadiah does not know what this means but the last “full size’ K-mart in the US is shutting. So maybe “K-marting’ is something Australians do better. Actually, with their Anko brand, the local k-0mart… Continue Reading
Newcastle Anglicans Morpeth College and sexual abuse: Professor Patrick Parkinson significantly adds to what we know about the scandals of the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in an ABC Religion and Ethics review of Ann Manne’s book Crimes of the Cross. “I… Continue Reading
Kevin Williamson, a conservative writer in The Despatch written by people who lean right but despair of Trump, has written engagingly from Springfield, Ohio, on eating cats and dogs. Read his intro and enjoy: “SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—They come to Ohio from… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Britain is truly in decline: The Guardian sums up a crisis “When Liverpool’s Spellow Hub library was torched in this summer’s far-right riots, an appeal quickly raised more than £250,000 to restore the facility. That was testament to… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column AI’s bias: Historian Stephen Chavura has done some useful contemporary research. AI “I just asked Meta to make up a joke about Jesus and a joke about Mohammed. This is what I got.” He posted on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column A special visit to St. Andrews Cathedral: Obadiah went on something of a pilgrimage to his boyhood, travelling into the city last Sunday because all the cathedral songs were by Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, who died in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Glory: After church, Obadiah headed up to the Hawkesbury to a spot only open to the public 12 days a year to learn more about God’s glory. Muogamarra Nature Reserve rises high above the Hawkesbury River,… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column A great big sound: Obadiah was sitting in the cheap seats in this weekend’s AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants – just behind the orange-clad GWS cheer squad. That’s… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Good news from Adelaide airport with the launch of Australia’s first “try before you fly” program with Virgin Airlines. Families with an autistic child or people with mobility issues were given the opportunity to board an… Continue Reading