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From the pulpit to the boxing ring – The Point Magazine, August 2015

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Father Dave

I’m really proud to have been featured in this article in The Point Magazine. The journalist, Widyan Fares, was as charming as she was professional and a woman of great insight. It was a privilege to be interviewed by her. If you … Continue reading →

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I do not box as one punching the air! (A sermon on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Father Dave

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. 25Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a … Continue reading →

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Fight Club – by Tristan Gunzman

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Father Dave

This was an interview-project put together by Tristan Gunzman as a part of his university studies. It is reprinted with permission. The Lord is my trainer I shall not fear the fight You see yourself in the mirror, arms up, … Continue reading →

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A Night in the Ring – by Jo Burton

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Father Dave

In the ring as in my life, there are choices – choices about how to be, how to respond, how to stay in relationship with an other, particularly when the going gets tough, how to reconnect with faith, how to … Continue reading →

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The forgotten secret of the Ancient Greeks that shows us how to keep our teenagers out of trouble by teaching them to fight!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; … Continue reading →

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Father Dave Takes Another Title – The Glebe, 5th February 2009

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Father Dave

It’s the fight club with a difference. There are no superegos played by Hollywood actors and the setting in a former church in Dulwich Hill is far from secretive. Run by Father Dave Smith, the club meets at the Holy … Continue reading →

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