Be kind. No Exceptions.

I was ordering a hamburger from my local fish and chip shop. I felt like a few chips with it, but when I looked at the menu board it said, “Minimum chips $4.00”. There are some things in life that don’t make sense, but I’m glad that they exist. One of these is the...

An urgent hurry

My dog, Annie, loves to chase a stick or a ball. She is a Kelpie/Blue Heeler cross, the product of an unplanned tryst between her Blue Heeler mother, living in the town of Colbinabbin, and a Kelpie farmdog visiting town on the back of its owner’s ute, who saw...
Worth his salt

Worth his salt

I know that salt is on the nose of late. In our house we have stopped adding salt to the mashed potatoes and reduced it dramatically in our cooking. But seriously on hot days I don’t get enough salt. After a hot day and working outside I can wake up in the night with...

The communion of coffee

The other day I was at a regular meeting we have for Uniting Church ministers to reflect on aspects of ethical practice. It varies between being a boring bureaucratic requirement and valuable discipline. As part of the morning activities we pair up with someone and...

The terror of Easter

The crucifixion of Jesus was an act of terror. The Romans beat, mocked, and degraded Jesus in front of the eyes of hundreds of onlookers. They paraded his bloody body through the streets of Jerusalem, carrying the very means of his own torture and death on his...