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Tourists
or Pilgrims?
Pregnant Thoughts
- Alison Sampson
…a small voice reminds me that we are not asked to make
all our decisions based on rationality, or our understanding on
best scientific practice, or out of fear. We make them in conversation
with God.
Be
fruitful and multiply – not anymore
- Peter Crabb
The fundamental cause of the world’s environmental problems,
and especially climat change, is that the human population is
exceeding the earth’s carrying capacity.
The danger in not going –
meeting living stones in the Middle East - Toby
Tan
…there is something about a pilgrim’s
physical presence in the place which make the injustices confront
you, and the hope inspire you.
Greetings from Myanmar
- Emma Preece
As a tourist, one is told not to speak to anyone about politics,
to stay in groups and to sign in with your embassy in Yangoon.
I failed all three criteria in the first day…
Eco-pilgrimage
- Mick Pope
Why can’t one experience God in nature in the backyard?
Of course one can; the build environment is not often that which
inspires a sense of transecendence or the creativity of God when
all one can see is pigeons, mynahs, and fruit trees.
Today I woke up
- Ian Hamm
Today was the first day. The first day I woke up knowing my counry
accepts me for who I am.
So, you’re planning a mission
trip… - Lyn Jackson
Mission ‘tourism’ certainly seems to be on the increase
these days. Maybe it’s the result of lower airfares or wealthier
westerners, but wherever you look, young people are taking their
gap year, going on ‘prayer walks’ working in orphanages,
building schools and painting hospitals.
Our pharmacotherapeutic future
- Sharon Southwell
Before a person can get to a place of feeling strong enough to
tackle underlying issues, they may need to experience the sort
of love and support, body, mind and spirit, the sort of slow revolution
in their lives and in their social circle, which some might call
a miracle.
BOOK
& FILM REVIEWS
The ethnic cleansing
of Palestine
Pilgrims & Citizens: Christian social engagement in Asia today.
Dodging the Bull
Gilead
Church & State : Australia's imiginary wall
God next door
Shaming the Devil
As it is in Heaven
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
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