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ARTS AND CULTURE

Losing Ben
- Chris Mulherin
- 12 May 2010
31 Comments
The oldest of our five, Ben studied science, medicine in his sights, healthy, not wealthy and wise beyond his years. Ben died quietly. He had no choice really, we turned off the machine.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Not-quite-right freedom from hunger
- Anthony Lynch
- 06 April 2010
3 Comments
He walked with his back hunched, his lowered head inches above his toes. As if he feared cavities or his own anonymity. That black dog stopping at every fence post.
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RELIGION

Poverty and plenty: where do Christians stand?
- Frank Brennan
- 22 March 2010
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Text from Fr Frank Brennan SJ's presentation Poverty and Plenty: Where Do or Should Christians Stand? at the Centre for an Ethical Society as part of the 2010 Series Forum at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 17 March 2010.
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ENVIRONMENT

More than one way to cool a baked couch potato
- Paul Mitchell
- 20 January 2010
4 Comments
Air conditioners are necessary when the weather gets very hot, not leastof all for the wellbeing of babies, the sick, elderly and frail. But sometimes it seems that we Australians can't tell a cool change from climate change.
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AUSTRALIA

Keeping vigil for slain Indian student
- Cara Munro
- 06 January 2010
13 Comments
They came to stop the violence. Four, maybe five of them, in hooded jackets and pale, worn jeans. Hovering in the car park. Shadow-like. Haunted. We were gathered outside the place to which he had come, bleeding, begging for help. Wrongly, we assumed they had come to join us.
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AUSTRALIA

Carols in the gangland
- Sarah Ayoub
- 18 December 2009
5 Comments
Men of dark hair and olive skin travelling in packs, bound by an unbreakable tradition. They have found a niche for themselves in South-West Sydney, and no matter how they are stereotyped, they continue to meet, greet and roar as they beat, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum, on their drums.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Latin bruise and purgatory itch
- Jennifer Harrison
- 27 October 2009
1 Comment
on my way to the gospel gig, I watch .. the bible buskers Trucking for Jesus on Sackville Street ... Once, I heard a priest say, perhaps in a dream, .. It's useless to nail oneself to the wall.
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EUREKA STREET TV

Why Cardinal Pell was wrong about the Blake Prize
- Peter Kirkwood
- 11 September 2009
5 Comments
Cardinal Pell called some of this year's Blake Prize finalists 'anti-religious' and reflecting 'confusion about what is religious or spiritual'. Religious experience is not confined within the walls of holy buildings. This year's Blake Prize winner attests to this.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD

Aurin: a parable of inter-faith friendship
- Cara Munro
- 24 July 2009
6 Comments
Multi-faith dialogue is just a conversation, over time, between dear friends.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The parable of the dirty floor
- Brian Matthews
- 17 June 2009
1 Comment
The mysterious stain on the kitchen floor was evoking obscure feelings of unease and danger. What was happening in the cosmos that could be making me feel that way? A hell of a lot, as it turned out.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

My well planned salvation
- Ian C. Smith
- 31 March 2009
All along the cell-block .. The singing echoes like a threat .. voice flatter than Bob Dylan's .. loaded with false jocularity .. his sweat sour in the grey slot
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ARTS AND CULTURE

God of the empty image
- Peter Lach-Newinsky
- 10 March 2009
4 Comments
To attain God everything must go: will, self, knowledge, word, God Himself ... Their faith is words. Mine unspeakable.
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