. 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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The Fight of my life Read More »
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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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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an update from Syria Read More »
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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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Hi Fighter, Father Dave here with a very belated newsletter. I do apologise for the long lapses in communication. There was a time when I managed to keep in touch with my friends and supporters almost every week. Nowadays I struggle to find time each month, and probably wouldn’t manage it now, except that I’m
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Hi Fighter, At time of writing, I’m on a plane home after a week in Tehran. With the miracle of in-flight Internet, I thought I’d share something of the experience with you while I can, as I fear I’ll be overwhelmed with work once I hit the ground! I was flown to Iran primarily to appear in a
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Hi Fighter, You’ll have to forgive me for devoting a blog post to the larger-than-life Father Dave portrait that’s been splashed across a wall in the centre of the Sydney CBD. Even so, it’s not everyday that this sort of thing happens and I thought it deserved some sort of explanation, along with a word of thanks to those to
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Hi Fighter, We are back from Syria. We’ve been back for a a couple of weeks now, in fact, and I apologise for not publishing much about our journey until now. In truth, I’m still trying to process it all. It was a magnificent trip. We saw some amazing things and met many amazing people. As
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photos by John Clutterbuck Hi Fighter, Yes, we’re heading back to Syria, and we’ve got a kick-butt crew, ready to touch gloves with the Syrian Olympic boxing team. More important than any competition though, we are ready to bring some joy to Syrian kids, and hopefully leave them with some extra cash and sports equipment.
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