The 18th Conference of the European Society of the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford is on “Religion in the Public Square” and will feature my favourite philosopher (next to Matt of course) Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff and New Zealand’s own Glenn Peoples who blogs and produces brilliant podcasts at Say Hello to my [...]
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Oxford Calling… Can you Help Glenn Peoples?
April 9th, 2010 11 Comments
Tags: European Society of the Philosophy of Religion · Glenn Peoples · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Religion and Public Life
Happy Birthday Madeleine
April 2nd, 2010 8 Comments
Today is Madeleine’s 37th birthday. I write this to say to Madeleine, from myself and the kids, that we love you, we are proud of you and we hope you have a great day.
Matt
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Where are we?
March 25th, 2010 4 Comments
The observant will have noticed that we have not been blogging much lately. Sorry about that but we are so flat out it is ridiculous!
Matt is working full-time teaching and I have a really full-on study load at the moment.
I am Mooting this semester and have mooting deadlines coming at me head on along with [...]
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Distractions
January 26th, 2010 No Comments
I have a summer school assignment due in on Friday (US readers, I am not repeating anything I’m just getting ahead) and we have family stuff happening which is rather distracting to say the least, so sorry for the absence of posts, it shouldn’t last too much longer.
Matt has written a lengthy followup post which [...]
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Can State Appropriation of Minerals in Privately Held Land be Justified? Resources Needed
January 20th, 2010 17 Comments
I am currently undertaking my second-to-last paper in pursuit of my Bachelor of Law (LLB). Due to a complicated bunch of factors involving the potential staleness of my papers, if I do not apply to the New Zealand Council of Legal Education for a completion certificate with an LLB and a Professional Legal Studies certificate [...]
Tags: Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Minerals · Mining Law · Property Rights · Sub-Soil Land Rights
Merry Christmas: Mary’s Magnificat
December 25th, 2009 2 Comments
Given that it is Christmas day we thought we would post Mary’s Magnificat, Mary’s response to learning she would bear a child, Jesus. The passage is so called because in the Latin Bible in verse 47 of Luke 1 (Luke 1:46-55) it begins with the words magnificat animum mea dominum, which means, “My soul magnifies [...]
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Anna’s Last Post
December 5th, 2009 No Comments
[ 5 December 2009; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] The funeral for blogger Anna Woolf is today. Peter Cresswell has posted the details, along with a nice tribute, at her blog “Annie Fox” – see The Last Post.
The funeral is open to all and will be held at 2pm today Saturday, December 5th, at North Harbour Stadium’s function centre (Carpark A).
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Goodbye Anna
December 2nd, 2009 3 Comments
Peter Cresswell posted this afternoon that blogger Anna Woolf who blogged at Annie Fox lost her battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma today.
We first met Anna at bloggers drinks back in April this year and then we began to read her blog. Over the few short months I knew her I saw someone who bravely looked death [...]
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This one’s for Anna Woolf
December 1st, 2009 No Comments
Peter Cresswell has an update on blogger Anna Woolf‘s battle with cancer which is very near the end. We met Anna on my and her birthday in April this year at bloggers drinks and have enjoyed her company and shared laughs and swapped pain meds at each bloggers drinks since.
We have not known her that [...]
Tags: Annie Fox · Peter Cresswell
We’re in Wellington
November 27th, 2009 4 Comments
We’re in Wellington so we won’t be blogging til we get back.
Hope to see you at the bloggers drinks in Wellington tonight, at the All for Life Conference on Saturday or at the Auckland Bloggers drinks this Thursday.
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