More thoughts on Scripture in schools
I started to respond to comments on my previous post on the subject but it was getting kind of epic, so I thought I’d better chuck it all in a post of its own. This may be a little disjointed! (BTW,...
View ArticleFriday Fragments and Linkfest No. 12
Hosted by Mrs4444. A tossed salad of bits and bobs from the week just gone with a touch of things to come for extra flavour. Be sure to pop over to Mrs4444′s place for other fragmentary offerings for...
View ArticleBye, bye November
It’s been fun, I’ve written 12 times as many posts as I did last month making it through my third NaBloPoMo with relative ease and, I think, only minor irritation to my family. We have 2 and a half...
View ArticleThursday is Scripture day at school
This afternoon Tom came home with a 1964 pre-metric Australian penny that he’d been given by his Scripture teacher for remembering the weekly Bible verse. I asked what the verse was and he quoted –...
View ArticleA few words from an Ethics trial class student
My niece attends one of the schools involved in the Ethics classes trial. Yesterday her mum posted a photo on Facebook of an article appearing in their local Village Voice newspaper in which Annika is...
View ArticleLinkfest No. 17
Stuff I thought was worth sharing… Karen Healey, at Attention Rebellious Jezebels, reviews books “in dialogue style in a spoilerific manner that often renders in-depth, wonderful works nonsensical” and...
View ArticleJulia Gillard, Prime Minister
I really hope the timing of this doesn’t prove to be a mistake. But aside from that… Wow, how awesome is this? We have our first female Prime Minister. Congratulations Julia, now, don’t stuff it up.
View ArticleElection Day bits and bobs
I had a fabulous time on Friday night, eating, drinking and talking into the wee small hours with good friends. Thanks to Toni for having us at her house, to Ariane for yummy pumpkin and potato and...
View ArticlePlease help defend Ethics classes from attack by Fred Nile
Because I don’t like reinventing the wheel, here’s the email I just received from Primary Ethics: Dear Supporters, As reported on ABC News at 7pm on Monday, July 18, Rev Fred Nile has told the...
View Article“I Do” or How I spent my Sunday
Caitlin and I headed in to the city this morning to meet up with friends from the Hoyden About Town blog community. We met in the Queen Victoria Building at about 11am and settled down for a couple of...
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