I hate this photo. At first glance it looks like I am standing, and I am. I am participating in a study that requires me to stand on a tilt bed for half an hour every day, held by straps…
I hate this photo. At first glance it looks like I am standing, and I am. I am participating in a study that requires me to stand on a tilt bed for half an hour every day, held by straps…
I have just finished reading Growing Sideways, by Jay McNeill. This autobiography tells the story of Jay’s relentless pursuit of meaning in the context of abuse and hypocrisy. Jay is a PK (pastors kid) whose father was a relatively prominent…
Last week I wrote a blog entry describing problems with my bowel and “small moments of grace.” As I reread that blog from a different vantage point today, it really does seem like the author is a super spiritual sanctimonious…
I came across the following poem in my reading. Well worth a slow meditation (pay special attention to the final stanza) and the question, Have I known such transcendence, or can I know it? Indeed, the mountain is a symbol…
Life is all a matter of perspective. Let me tell you the same story in two ways – don’t worry, I will keep it short. On Thursday I had a class to teach in the afternoon at Hillsong in Baulkham…
A few months after my accident I was given the present of an Apple iPad, a brilliant invention for those of us with kacky hands, since sliding fingers is enough to make it work. The first e-book I downloaded to…
for those of you following my blog, a huge apology – I have accidentally published an unfinished blog post that needed serious editing and that I was still deciding whether or not to send! I will probably fix it now…
I have said a few times that I really am unsure as to exactly why I am blogging (one of the reasons I post so infrequently). I vacillate between the hope that my story is somehow meaningful and concern that…
Highlights Teaching Trinity at Parramatta with Simon Bartlett as a student. Simon was part way through his degree when he broke his neck in the surf and was left a C6 quadriplegic. He is an inspiring young man who is…
I had an appointment for an MRI at Prince of Wales will this afternoon. I must admit that I’m not really sure what the MRI is for. Doctors seem to require a battery of tests – last month I had…