Derryn Hinch talks to Simon Moyle this afternoon

Hinch is talking to Simon on his show Drive today, regarding the economic stimulus package. Drive airs 4pm to 6pm on 3AW.
UPDATE: Simon says he’ll be on about 5:35pm

‘Lifegiving manna from Kevin’

This is from an article Paul Toms wrote the other day, thinking about what we should do with out economic stimulus handouts:
I have been involved in a number of conversations as well as reading peoples ideas online and I often find myself thinking “Yes, I SHOULD do that,” but soon feel the grey cloud of [...]

‘How about using Kev’s manna to stimulate some generosity?’

Simon has a piece in today’s Age about the economic stimulus payments that started this week:
Character might seem like a tedious or moralistic question to ask at a time of seeming crisis, but it is precisely at times of crisis that personal and national character is most revealing. Most of the stories defining Australia’s national [...]

Lenten Lectionary – March 20

This is my response to today’s Lenten Lectionary reading:
 
Mark Pierson also sent me a response. It is a photo from our laneway taken during our DVD launch in 2007.

The beaten-up person, sitting on the curb is me. I’m not sure who the good Samaritan is, but it could be Talitha. I guess the two people [...]

Lenten Lectionary – March 19

My response to today’s Lenten Lectionary reading:

Manna from Kevin

Tomorrow the payments for Kevin Rudd’s economic stimulus plan will start coming out. Manna Gum and the Seeds Network are trying to get people talking about what they’re going to do with their payments. Join the conversation at the Manna from Kevin blog.

Payment cancelled

Just cancelled my financial support for Amnesty and Fred Hollows Foundation. I’m not earning as much anymore, so my bank account has been getting overdrawn a lot. Hopefully at some stage I’ll be earning more again, and so I’ll be able to resume my contributions. If you have more money (or time!) than you need, [...]