The Hobbit: Like butter
scraped over too much bread
“Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched if you know what I mean: like butter that has been...
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Month: December 2012
O Night Divine
My favourite carol is the Cantique de Noël, sung here very beautifully by Josh Groban. A friend in fact alerted me this, with an apology for the “cheesiness” of the video. I’ve never seen The Nativity Story,...
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Where’s the charity?
Melbourne’s Age, in typically mischievous fashion, has headlined an inflammatory...
Read MoreYouth ministry: the basics
Last Friday night was a night of contrast and comparison. On the one hand, in the old school adjacent to the church, the Hamilton Catholic Youth Group held its Christmas breakup, which included a dance party: Meanwhile, in the...
Read MoreLife, Knowledge and Love
Not long now until The Hobbit premieres on Australian screens. I’ve already got my ticket. Have you? I did concede, in a recent conversation with another Tolkien fan, that The Hobbit is light weight fare compared to The...
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