Category Archives: Social Justice

The Passion of the Christ – a Movie Review by Father Dave

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Father Dave

This brief piece is my tribute to what I think is the greatest thing that has ever been done with celluloid. Only the day before posting this I had another young man in my study who had come to debrief … Continue reading →

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Love & Marriage – and why the former is not enough for the latter

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

“To the unmarried and to the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.” (1 Corinthians 7:8)  The immortal words of St. Paul, who quite possibly had experienced the pain of separation and … Continue reading →

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Why Ray Williams Is Still My Hero

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

We wouldn’t be able to do any of the stuff we do with kids if it wasn’t for the support we get from local business people in our community. This is not a shameless plug for our sponsors, just recognition … Continue reading →

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The real problem with today’s teenagers (and why most parents just don’t get it!)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

“The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before, and which they were not capable of alone. The consciousness of belonging, vitally, to something … Continue reading →

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The Brawl for the Mall

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

Father Dave’s address to Marrickville Council, November 2007 in support of a street mall for the Dulwich Hill community One thing I’ve always noticed about Dulwich Hill is the way in which elderly men of the different ethnic communities that make … Continue reading →

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The final word on the place of modern Israel in Biblical Prophecy

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Father Dave

I’ve been hearing it, in one form or another, every since I was converted as a teenager – that God has a plan for political Israel, such that the fate of the nation is intricately tied to the fulfilment of … Continue reading →

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