morepraxis

Does anyone care about the war in Iraq anymore? Is anyone else worried about Australia’s role in the coalition of the willing (or as Joe Camilleri put it yesterday the coalition of the killing)? How are we going to stop violence in our world if our own country is participating actively in it?

Yesterday I stood next to Joy Takili as she spoke about what it was like to have to sit next to her enemy on a plane to Australia. A young woman of 20 she told us openly how she hated this man sitting next to her, a man who represented murder, war and greed, she saw only the conflict that he represented not the person whom she would come to call a friend.

The Glebe Cafe Church have released their animations. These guys are great. Grab a copy. Read about it below, click the link and get one.

“TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY
Cafe Church has been meshing art with technology as a way of enriching our gatherings for worship. Stained glass windows, banners, symbols and icons are familiar ways of using visual images in church. Now we have digital animations as well, to surprise, inspire and challenge.

“There is something about a community which best remembers not the man with a gun but the man with the donkey”

This is a quote from the April RACV mag by Mike Rosel in an article about people visiting Gallipoli. It struck me as I thought about this quote that we really do celebrate defiance and courage in the face of overwhelming odds as Aussies.

I like many have watched and learned more about the life of the Pope in the last few days than ever before. At the news of his death I was surprised by my sense of sadness and respect for his life and service. The Spiderman line about with great power comes great responsibility comes to mind.