I have written lots of nonfiction books, but I know that does not make me a writer, anymore than playing lots of four chord songs on my guitar makes me a guitarist. Geraldine Brooks is not just a writer, she is a writer’s writer, a great Australian born American Pulitzer Prize winning writer. I wish […]

Recently, I compiled a free ebook titled 100 Early Christian Quotes on Not Killing. You can grab a copy of the PDF here. Below is the introduction I wrote for the book. “Above all,” Clement of Alexandria wrote in the second century, “Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.” These words sum up well […]

BEGINS MAY 13: REGISTER NOW Walk. Love. Rebuild. Even where there are deepening divisions, love is possible. Even when there is suffering, joy is possible. Even in the midst of brokenness, rebuilding is possible. A simple, singing monk from the 13th century just might be able to teach us what is still possible—for us, today.  […]

Video Series: Radical Bible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymnCvvwu3wY This letter below is from my friend Wes Howard-Brook introducing his “Radical Bible” series. Wes Howard-Brook has been teaching at Seattle University, researching and writing at the intersection of church, society and academy.’ His classic biblical text “Come Out, My People!” God’s Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond is […]

A song for “Times Like These” with Goanna’s Shane Howard and Redgum’s John Schumann I never thought we’d be right back here Living in the darkness, living with the fear Forgotten where we came from, driftin’ in the mist With the mainmast broken and the headsail ripped They run with hares, they hunt with the […]

This is the first song I ever recorded – shaky voice, steady resolve. ‘Not For Me’ articulates where I stand over against the narcissist, capitalist, materialist status quo. I am determined that as long as I live: ‘I won’t raise my hat to status. I won’t bow my knee to wealth, But I’ll sing and […]

This is an early recording I decided to release on YouTube for this NAIDOC week (organised by the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee). ‘Sorry’ is my protest song that has been sung at demonstrations to lament the contradictions between the mythology of Australia being a country committed to a ‘fair go’ society and […]

This is another early recording of one of my songs that I decided to release on YouTube. ‘When Will We Ever Learn To Care?’ takes its shape in the form of a question that is quietly crying out for an answer from anyone who will hear it as it echoes in their own heart. It […]

I have decided to release some of the early recordings of my songs on YouTube. ‘Kindness Is My Religion’ is typical of my spiritual community singalong folk-pop songs. It was a recorded as a rough cut in a single take in the basement under St Andrews, Vulture Street, South Brisbane. I was on vocals with […]

Here we share a six minute slideshow prepared by Together for the Common Good for Churches Together England’s conference on missionary discipleship held in November 2020. It features Jenny Sinclair, founder director of T4CG. CTE is the national umbrella body for more than fifty different Christian denominations. To watch the video click here or scroll down to the […]

Two paradoxes of forgiveness From Robert Enright Robert Enright, Ph.D., is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a licensed psychologist, he pioneered the social scientific study of forgiveness. He is the author of over 120 publications. His colleagues and he have developed and tested a pathway to forgiveness, called Forgiveness Therapy, that […]