Reading:

• Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education by Edward Farley
• Piecing Together a Shared Vision: The 1987 Boyer Lectures by Davis McCaughey
• I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
• Montana 1948: A Novel by Larry Watson
• Later Calvinism International Perspectives edited by W. Fred Graham
• Calvinus sacrarum literarum interpres: Papers of the International Congress on Calvin Research edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
• Commentary on the Basis of Union of the Uniting Church in Australia, by  J. Davis McCaughey
• Letter to D: A Love Letter by Andre Gorz
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
• Clergy: The Origin of Species by Martyn Percy
• Rudolf Bultmann: a Biography by Konrad Hammann
• Even as We Speak by Clive James
• The Twits by Roald Dahl
• Karl Barth: Studies of His Theological Methods edited by S. W. Sykes
• Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr
• Honest Doubt: The History Of An Epic Struggle by Richard Holloway
• The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth’s Theology by Eberhard Busch
• The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Roald Dahl
• The Shape of Living by David F. Ford

Listening

• Reunion Hill by Richard Shindell
• Cloud Lining by Enda Kenny & Lindsay Martin. [I saw these guys play a gig a few weeks back here in Dunedin. ‘Twas certainly one of the best shows I’ve seen in NZ.]
• Reunion by Lucy Kaplansky
• Ten Year Night by Lucy Kaplansky
• The Red Thread by Lucy Kaplansky
• Over the Hills by Lucy Kaplansky
• Flesh & Bone by Lucy Kaplansky
• Cry Cry Cry by Lucy Kaplansky
• Every Single Day by Lucy Kaplansky
• Greatest Hits Live by Hunters & Collectors
• Gathering Mercury (Limited Edition) by Colin Hay
• Going Somewhere by Colin Hay
• Man at Work by Colin Hay
• Are You Lookin’ At Me? by Colin Hay
• American Sunshine by Colin Hay
• Looking for Jack by Colin Hay
• Transcendental Highway by Colin Hay
• Topanga by Colin Hay
• Company of Strangers by Colin Hay
• Wayfaring Sons by Colin Hay
• Peaks & Valleys by Colin Hay

Link love

• Neil Gaiman on why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
• Kim Fabricius’ last ‘letter’ to his congregation
• Kim Fabricius’ farewell sermon
• Ben Myers asks Why go to church?
• ANZATS issues a call for papers
• Wendell Berry on the politics of gay marriage
• Robert Manne on Why Rupert Murdoch can’t be stopped
• David Suzuki on Q&A
• Roxanne Missingham on the death of the academic book and the path to Open Access
• Christine Cheyne on New Zealand’s Resource Management Act and why not a good model for Australia (or for anywhere else for that matter, including here in NZ)
• A

  discussion with James Alison and Brian McLaren

• Theology Studio’s wide-ranging interview with Rowan Williams
• J. M. Coetzee reviews The Hanging Garden by Patrick White
• Fresh revelations of cruelty to Australian sheep in Jordan. [I have posted on live animal exports before]

Leunig love

[Source: The Age]