When we started planning to go to overseas with CMS and when that plan became more specifically about Tanzania, a ‘Third World country’ (not my term), one question we had to ask was of the ethics of taking (then-not-yet-existing) children there. A number of people have outlined to us why […]
In our animism lecture, we talked about the idea of liminality. It’s the process of being ‘forgotten’ by your community, of being taken out of it and being brought back in. It’s often associated with rites of passage.
We’re having a baby! Tamie is 19 weeks pregnant. We’re not planning to talk about it that often here, but blogging is a community thing and we figure that an announcement might allow some of our readers to share in our excitement. The baby is due in July, a couple […]
Our six months of cross-cultural preparation with CMS Australia starts in February! The design is based on the UK poster of the original Rocky movie.
I’ve been thinking about family this Christmas. It’s a bit hard not to! I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard ‘Christmas is about family’. From church on Christmas morning to Christmas Eve Carols from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, it has seemed to be the refrain of the […]
Musical whiz Tim Minchin has performed a pop culture Christmas carol: Praise be to Magic Woody Allen Zombie Superman Komodo Dragon Telepathic Vampire Quantum Hovercraft Me Jesus! What is it? Like pretty much all comedy, there’s a point to it and there’s something that it’s skewering. Tim Minchin more or […]
Are you an Australian who’s sick of xenophobia and media hoo-hah about asylum seekers? Let’s help build a culture of welcoming newcomers to our nation! After kicking off in our home town and organising nationwide “welcome parties”, Welcome to Australia set up this brilliant photo campaign. Use this page to […]
Meet Jesus at uni 