I believe in Christ and I go to the Catholic Church, though I’m not a great fan of many aspects of the Catholic Church. I don’t bang on about it, but it’s an important part of my life.
Tag: faith
Countdown To Easter
ICYMI - As we approach Easter, lots of Catholic Churches (and maybe others) cover up crucifixes, statues etc for the final week of Lent. St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney is quite a sight at the moment, with probably hundreds of purple cloths. Even if you're not a Christian or are actually an atheist, it's really ...
Blake Prize and Sydney Life
I spent the day visiting two of my favourite annual art exhibitions in Sydney "Sydney Life" and "The Blake Prize". "Sydney Life" is a photographic competition and exhibition held each year in Hyde Park. "The Blake Prize" is a spiritual/religious themed art competition and exhibition held each year at the National Art School. They're exhibitions ...
St Patrick’s Day
Let me first of all wish my sister, Pat, a very happy birthday. Although she wasn't born and christened "Pat" that's what we've always called her. In fact, we call her "Patsy" a lot of the time and "Pat" on other occasions. The only time anyone ever uses her real name is on an official ...
Talkin’ about God
Colin, Peter and I crossed the bridge tonight to see "The God Committee" at The Ensemble which was a really enjoyable, interesting play. The setting for the play is a hospital meeting room in an American city somewhere, where a committee must make decisions about candidates for transplant surgery. They have a set of "independant ...
Lieber Gott
With all this Copenhagen stuff going on, I thought this was an interesting contribution to the discussion. It's a song by Frida from ABBA (of course) which is a "prayer" about peace, the environment and everything. Here's the translation that's on Youtube. Shout out to Matt for the music :) English Translation (courtesy of Matt): ...
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Holy Pictures
As a child our house was full of "holy pictures" (as my mum called them). In fact, aside from my sister's wedding photographs, and my ABBA posters, the only pieces of art that adorned our walls were pieces of Catholic iconography. "The Crucifixion", "The Last Supper", "Mary's Assumption into Heaven": that kind of thing. While ...
Saint Patrick
Here it is, St Patrick's Day 2007, and my thoughts have gone back to my visit to Slane, County Meath in Ireland in 1999. The reason is simple: it's believed that it was at Slane that St Patrick had a "spiritual standoff" in support of his plan to convert Ireland to Christianity. St Patrick is ...
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Christmas & Multiculturalism
I really love the Strawberry Hills Santa. That's my name for the blow-up item currently atop the Strawberry Hills Hotel. And what I like most about it is the way it makes the blow-up Santa currently outside the "cheapie shop" near Taylor Square look positively traditionally festive. It's like a giant snow-dome meets a giant ...
Blake Prize
I've just been to see The Blake Prize for Religious Art at the National Art School in Darlinghurst, and really enjoyed viewing many of the works on display. A highlight of the exhibition, as soon as you enter the door, is "We All See The Same Blue Sky" by Jeffrey Robert Wood. The sculpture/installation features ...
Surry Hillsong
I thought Surry Hills was homo heaven with its large gay population, significant drug taking population, multicultural elements and significant homelessness problem. Even though Hillsong has a branch just around the corner in Redfern (or is it Waterloo?) near the Danks Street Galleries, I didn't suspect for a moment there would be Hillsong types in ...
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A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew walk into a church
It's Sunday night and I've just returned from a reasonably interesting evening at the Pitt Street Uniting Church. I saw the sign a couple of weeks ago advertising an evening featuring a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew, talking about issues of diversity and belief and quickly jotted it in my diary as an interesting ...
