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Year In Review – Family
It’s certainly been a mixed year for our (Bec and my) families this year. In November (though I chose not to mention it at the time), my paternal grandmother passed away. Dad gave an amazing effort at the funeral, giving a moving eulogy that was remarkably honest and very gutsy. She had been unwell for [...]
Year In Review – Solomons
It was certainly a significant moment in the year; heading across to the Solomon Islands with a team for the dedication of the Solomon Islands Pijin Bible. Gerry (my father-in-law) had been one of the key translators on the Pijin Bible project for about 10 years, and so it was a very special moment to [...]
Year In Review – Positionless
While you’d be really pushed to hear it from his own mouth, my dad was a pretty decent footballer in his younger days. He played for Victoria in the old “Teal Cup” under 19′s competition, but eventually reached a point where he had to make some hard decisions about how much effort to put into [...]
Posted in God Stuff, Personal
Also tagged Geoff-goes-all-soft-and-gushy, God Stuff, struggle
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Year In Review – Marriage
It would be foolish for me to try and write about the year I’ve had without talking about the experience of being married. Given that it all started on January 5th – it’s obviously been the biggest thing about this year. And it’s certainly taken some getting used to, in ways I didn’t necessarily expect. [...]
Year in Review – The Apology
“After this moment, Australia can be imagined as a different place. A place where Aboriginal citizens no longer live in third world conditions. A place where our kids are safe. A place where community rights, of choice, consultation, participation and responsibility matter more than administrative procedures and public sector management guidelines.” “After the Apology” – [...]
Posted in World
Also tagged Apology, Kevin-Rudd, labour-party, Pat Dodson, retrospective
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