Fighting for the Men of Manus

G’day Fighter, If you’ve been wondering why I’ve published so few blog posts lately, I’ve been flat out putting together two big events, both of which I want to invite you too now. The Fighting for the Men of Manus fundraiser is overdue. The men of Manus Island have been treated so shamefully by this […]

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The men of Manus Island

. Hi Fighter, A lot has happened since my last post. Most notably, I’ve been to Manus Island, and have visited the asylum-seekers being detained there by the Australian government. You may have already seen the TV coverage we received on Lateline or watched he video on the Getup website. I’ve debriefed our experience in

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Fit to Box

. Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, and I must confess to feeling somewhat exhausted as I write to you today. It’s been an overwhelming month: I’ve been trying to recover from my brain haemorrhage. We’ve had much turmoil in the community (and perhaps in the church, most especially) over our government’s postal vote on same-sex

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My Fight is Cancelled

Yes, it was going to be the fight of my life but, no, it’s not going to happen. To cut a long story short, I took a big hit last Friday and suffered a minor brain haemorrhage. Hopefully, it’s not the end of my fight career but it certainly is the end of this fight.

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The Fight of my life

. Hi Fighter, Once again it’s been far too long since we last communicated in this way, and indeed, I’ve taken five weeks of long-service leave since then. My goals in taking that leave were three: To move things forward at Binacrombi bush camp. To finish the book I’ve been working on – “Christians and

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Time to retreat!

Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave, writing to you from the middle of the Australian bush! No, I’m not retreating from the Good Fight but I am retreating from the Big Smoke for a while. I am on long-service leave, and will be spending most of my weekends up to the end of May at Binacrombi

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an update from Syria

Hi Fighter, Firstly, let me thank all of you who made our New Year’s trip to Syria possible – supporting us financially and with prayer. Secondly, let me apolgise for the time it has taken to feed back to you about the trip. I’ll address my time issues later in this missive, but let me

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Back to Syria

Hi Fighter, As usual, it’s been far too long since I communicated with you, and here we are at the pointy end of the year already! I have been flat out: Running some amazing Warrior Weekends Sharing in some fantastic cross-cultural and interfaith bridge-building work Doing plenty of praying and boxing And now I’m heading

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