The Psalmist had it right in Psalm 146: place your most profound trust in God, not in princes or politicians, or indeed any human being. It does not mean that […]
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Category: EFM Latin Mass
The Extraordinary Form of the Mass and related matters
More on the Sugar Plague …
The Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition of 17-18 September 2016, had an article titled: “Dramatic changes needed as childhood obesity normalised” (pp. 8-9). Sadly, one in five children in NSW […]
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Sugar is a Plague
I am absolutely serious. Sugar is a plague. To take just one example, on 20 February 2016, Australia newspapers reported that “Children as young as five are having all their […]
Read moreWhy we should cook with olive oil
I first became aware of the danger of cooking foods in vegetable oils when I saw an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on9 November 2015, p.2. It has taken […]
Read morePornography and Sexting. Sin and Damned Sin.
It is fashionable not to speak about sin. That fashion is not merely deplorable, not merely catastrophic: that fashion is itself a crime against God and humanity. We commit an […]
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Purpose
This the church of St Mama in Ehidin, Lebanon. It is the longest continually used church in the Middle East, having been in use since about 800. When the morning […]
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Academic Work
Here is my resume of academic articles as of 2 April 2017: 1998 “Who was Responsible for the Assyrian King List?”, Abr-Nahrain 35: 1-27 2000 “Considering the Book […]
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Books
Mr Adie’s book is now available in a second revised edition: http://www.bythewaybooks.com/pages/books/11961/george-adie-joseph-azize/george-adie-a-gurdjieff-pupil-in-australia I cannot imagine where I would be today without him. As I said in the introduction to the […]
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