Connection for Real People
James Joyce’s only play The Exiles is little performed because, well, it isn’t really very good. If it hadn’t been written by Joyce (who begged Ezra Pound to help him […]
Category Archives: The Heart of Faith
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Confessions of a Recovering Biblicist
“Hi, my name is Dave, and I am a Biblicist.” “Hi Dave,” reply my Bible Anonymous sympathisers. We’ve all been on quite the journey. Conservatism runs deep, and we’ve each […]
Waiting for another Wedding
The world awaits the unveiling of a new princess. The much-expected wedding between prince William and Kate Middleton will be celebrated today, with all the pomp and glory of a […]
Imperial Politics vs Democracy
In my last Wondering Fair article, I discussed how inconvenience sometimes aids credibility, particularly for politicians. Similarly, I suggested that Jesus has credibility because He says a lot of inconvenient […]
Choosing Credibility over Convenience
Recently, the Australian Labor government announced an emissions trading scheme. The validity of the scheme has been debated since, but perhaps of more interest has been the response by the […]
Batter My Heart
Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to […]
Longing to Connect
‘The Social Network’ has recently been released in cinemas worldwide. I watched the film with Ana, my wife. I must tell you I was really surprised that at the end… […]
Spain, Rocky and Turns
On the 11th of July the Empire State Building was exceptionally lit up in red and yellow. Why? To pay tribute to Spain’s first victory in the World Cup (the sporting […]
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