by Jackie Bailey | Dec 20, 2017 | Interfaith, Uncategorized
Reflections on Islam and the Koran la ilaha illa’Llah “There is no god but God” Background of Islam The word “Islam” is derived from the root s-l-m. which means “peace” or “surrender”: “the peace that comes when one’s life is surrendered to God.” “Allah” comes from...
by Jackie Bailey | Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I think most Christians understand that Jesus was not actually born on 25 December in the Year 1 AD. Like the Queen’s Birthday, Christmas Day is a symbolic date rather than a literal one. Christmas is thought to originate as a festive season from a number of...
by Jackie Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
*Caveat: Some of my best friends are white people, and they definitely fart. This post is not about them. It is about those who do not fart. And when I say “do not fart,” I mean, of course, “Do behave in a racist fashion which implies that...
by Jackie Bailey | Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have just been accepted by The New Seminary into the ministerial program. I’ll tell you about it. I have been looking for a way to pray in community for years. I guess you can take a girl out of Catholicism, but you can’t take the Catholicism out of the...
by Jackie Bailey | May 16, 2016 | Random insights, Uncategorized
I have had this question bubbling around in my head for weeks (months, years). Why do Australian governments fund the arts so poorly? It’s not an economically rational decision. There is ample evidence of the value of the arts to the economy. Politicians are...
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today I bundle under my new doonah cover, bought for its primary colours in a nod to the need for cheering up. My husband has taken our daughter to the playground, which she was unimpressed about, sensing perhaps that mummy’s retreat to bed reflected more than a...
