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I am obsessed with the most remarkable film
Brokeback Mountain
It is actually changing lives
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I am an Anglican who unfortunately resides in the Diocese of Sydney
"I sometimes wonder if church people ever pay attention to what's happening in the world outside the walls of the church! Internecine strife in the Congo and Uganda, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, (to mention but a few), children all over the world forced to serve as soldiers, prostitutes, and slave labourers, the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the repression of human rights in more countries than I care to think about, the AIDS epidemic that has killed thousands in Africa, and on and on and on... and all Anglicans can get upset about is whether or not gays and lesbians should have their unions blessed and whether or not homosexuals should be ordained and if they are whether or not they should serve as bishops! I give up!
Surely, our sexuality is a God-given blessing, and shouldn't we be celebrating love and commitment, rather than nitpicking. I'm trying very hard to love the Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen and his brother the Dean (whom I knew when studying at university) and others of their type.. I am more than grateful that Jesus commanded us to love one another rather than like one another. I am tired of people picking little bits of scripture to support their prejudices and homophobia, and I am tired of the eternal wrangling over this issue when there are so many greater and more pressing needs for Christian concern and compassion. "
"We make His love too narrow
By false limits of our own
And we magnify His strictness
With a zeal He will not own...
If our love were but more simple
We should take Him at His word,
And our life would be all gladness
in the joy of Christ our Lord"
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I am a Teacher-Librarian with a background as a teacher of Geography.
HOLIDAY PHOTOS - FRANCE & GALLIPOLI 2002
I am a qualified Teacher Librarian but am mainly retired. I do occasional relief work in both State and Catholic Schools mainly in the western suburbs and my details can be found at my CV.
When I find time, I love to garden and enjoy the sites of the Blue Mountains known as the city within a park. I also hike and attend courses with the U3A.
My
house is built on the side of the valley looking
across to the Blue Mountains National
Park.
which suffered bushfires from December to
January 2002
A regular visitor to my back garden
I obtained my School Leaving Certificate in 1961 at Fort
Street Boys High School, 
now
co-educational, the oldest public school in Australia which
celebrated 150 years in 1999.
I graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts and Teachers' Certificate from the University of Sydney and Sydney Teachers College (now combined) majoring in Economics and Education with Geography and History as other subjects. However Geography became my main teaching subject.
After 25 years as a Geography Teacher at Kingsgrove
High School (8 years), James Cook Boys' High
School, Kogarah (1 year), Benilde Catholic Boys Senior High,
Bankstown (15 years) and a few months at St
Paul's Grammar, Penrith, I began retraining as a Librarian at
Charles Sturt University.
While
studying I taught part-time in Western Sydney Colleges of TAFE.
Since graduating in 1995 with a Graduate Diploma of Arts (Library & Information Science), I was in charge of the Library at St Agnes High School, Rooty Hill until September 2002 and since then I have relieved as Teacher-Librarian at Bass High, Marian College - Kenthurst, Kingsgrove High School, St Andrews College - Marayong, Fort Street High (my alma mater), Baulkham Hills High, McCarthy Catholic College- Emu Plains, Fairvale High,East Hills Girls Technology High, Patrician Brothers Blacktown and I was part-time for 2 years (2003-2004) at Erskine Park High School.
which happens to be my birthday
If you would like to email me re (personal) brianr1@pacific.net.au
or re (work) bralph1@pacific.net.au
