SPOILER REVIEW ALERT       "Mountainhead" is a satirical film about  four tech billionaires (well one nicknamed 'Soup Kitc...

   To say "I've started writing my book!" is perhaps overstating things a little, but there are jargon filled musings on notep...

Sense of Humour, is tricky isn't it! What I find humorous - dry humour, irony, clever ideas, means little to someone else... so be it!  ...

 Fascinating in last night's episode of Gruen on ABC TV here in Oz - to hear the panel of advertising 'experts' or 'commenta...

    This week I created a huge mess inside my work satchel/messenger bag! The Crumpler 'Barney Rustle Blanket' had a handful of gold...

Banksy     The challenge of 'not taking sides!' Conflict in the Middle East (a sanitised description of ongoing war, oppression and ...

 Coca Cola feature in Best Ads of the Week, capitalising on their own invention of Santa Claus in RED and WHITE! This one suggesting we can ...

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       It's all called 'trickle down Economics' but whichever way you describe it, "the rich get richer, the poor get the p...

    Would you believe, we held our Pentecost worship on Sunday around the Tables in the church building, used for Bill's Place Cafe and ...

    Time to re-enliven my blog! Maybe an unreliable frequency of reflections on the world, sport and life! I'm thinking this week about ...

 Elliot is a design student at University who came to Newcastle from Perth to study under one of the fine Lecturers. He is also of aborigina...

 Jazz is a student at the local High School studying comparative religions and looking for people's stories to tell. Who might we sugges...

 Della was a refugee as a child and her family are not included in the recent decision 19,000 can apply for permanent residency. They are st...

    Imagine Max, with his unique reading glasses and himalayan beanie, a performance poet from Adelaide who travels the country in a camper ...

    Lent derived from Lencten or lengthen, refers to northern hemisphere winter and a time to spend 40 days (not counting Sundays) in the le...

   For some years I've wanted to post some images as a collection of Nativity scenes reminding us this story is all about context! The 7...

Things are not what they were in Bethlehem! With Middle Eastern conflict and Israel fuelling discontent, constructing a massive wall and che...

 Station 4. "Photo Reflection News 2022" Time to observe and reflect and pray about the news here and across the world for 2022! J...

Station 3. "World Map and Tea light Candles" Lit or unlit, place a candle anywhere in the world you believe needs our prayers and/...

"Play dough symbols of God's Love"  Everyone is an artist, when it comes to play dough and shaping a simple symbol! I've s...

  "Station 1 "Hope & Longing in the Manger" The manger is a symbol, as if all the world's trouble, missed opportuniti...

   Christmas holds so many truths all at once, as it has for thousands of years. Matthew wrote with strong intention to place Jesus story in...

"The machismo posturing of elite flyboys and the joys of male camaraderie" is how film reviewers Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat hig...

    We held a Federal Election Forum at Hamilton Uniting Church 7pm Wednesday 4th May as host to participation in our community, to be in t...

    Inspired by David Stratton's new book, I'm starting to draft my list of '100 Favourite Films I've Watched' and I may...

A recent story of a 250 people poll of 'best' songs got me thinking...  My favourite 50! Not best, favourite... songs I like to list...