Celebrating God in Golden Bay

ORDERLY WORSHIP Prisencolinensinainciusol is a 1972 song by Italian singer Adriano Celentano. The name of the song – and the lyrics within it – are pure gibberish. There is absolutely no substance to the song – except for the fact that it sounds like American English sounds to those who don’t understand English! Celentano said, “I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had…

Years ago, I visited an Indian restaurant, Annalakshmi, a few times. It was good food, with great views over the swan river. It’s also a restaurant dedicated to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. If I recall correctly, I discovered on one occassion that the food on offer was being dedicated to the goddess, of whom there is a prominent statue on display. The restaurant also has a philosophy that guests are divine, and should be treated as such. Should Christians go…

Doubt Have you ever doubted God? I only know of one person who never did so: Jesus. He trusted His Father absolutely – even to the point of taking our sins and dying for us. He has always been in a relationship of mutual love and trust with the Father and Spirit. But we humans are a different story. We are finite, created beings. And we live in a world tarnished and tainted by sin. Sin is about falling short…

After the death of Herod the Great, the territory that he had ruled was divided up by the Romans. Herod Antipas was given the region of Galilee to rule. In 26 AD, Antipas went to Rome to visit his half-brother Philip, Philip’s wife of about 30+ years, and his neice Salome. At this stage, Antipas would have been about 46, and Herodias in her early 40s. Long story short, Antipas and Herodias decided to divorce their present spouses, and marry…