An Obadiah Slope column An anti-Robin Hood budget: Whether you vote red green blue or teal, think the federal government is doing great or not, the Budget, unlike the Gospel is not good news for the poor. A 56 per… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column The place to be this week: This column comes to you from Launceston, on which town Obadiah bestows the temporary name ‘Neurodiversity-Ville” – the Special Olympic national games are on in Town. Obadiah is a proud… Continue Reading
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
An Obadiah Slope Column You have heard of or most likely used a Good News Bible or Contemporary English Version Bible, but did you know Australia has its very own easy-to-read Bible? It’s intended for Aboriginal peoples, whose first language… 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
Tracking discrimination: one of the marks of racism in the US was the engrained habit of banks to “redline” certain districts where they would not lend for mortgages. You guessed it: these were the places where black people lived. Driving… Continue Reading