About

I like words such as ‘attempting’ and ‘exploring’ to describe my life, because I like adventure, I love learning and wondering at things, even if ‘attempt’ is at times a generous description of my life.  I often feel like a wide-eyed kid meandering through life, thinking silly thoughts, and breaking expensive things. 

But I like considering the practical implications of theology; certainly let’s think about big things, but let’s do that with our feet on the ground, our hands in the sink, and our neighbour at the dinner table. I like the idea of participating in what God’s doing; asking him where to, rather than directing him (ha!), I’m honoured that he invites the likes of me and you to share in his life and work; and I love it that his over-arching goal is to restore humanity and creation.  Restoration.  Delicious.  I’ll take a double scoop thanks, on a waffle cone; no napkin thanks.  Climate change and all that. Now that’s an ethical dessert.

Thus Patmos.  Patmos being the place where the apostle John had his visions of life as it’s meant to be, and while that’s a bit too lofty a goal for this blog, it at least aims to be a place that offers glimmers and ideas pertaining to that lofty goal.

For those who find it easiest to measure a person by their occupation: I manage Amos Australia, a small community development organisation based in Perth, Western Australia that aims to reduce the poverty of the economically poor overseas and the poverty of the rich locally.  I also help facilitate a Masters of Transformational Development through Eastern College of Australia.