Michelle Eastwood
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Review of Gaslighting for God
Becky Garrison has written A Satirical Guide to Save Yourself from Spiritual Narcissists (Lake Drive Books, 2026) which is the subtitle to this accessible and important book. Churches in Australia have started to respond to the evidence that clergy have… Continue reading
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Review of Frontier Man
Frontier Man by Bonnie J Flessen (Resource Publications, 2025) tells the story of three travellers – Batos, Domitia and Virgos – who have heard about Jesus and are seeking the apostle Paul so they can hear more. Each chapter takes… Continue reading
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Review of A Most Useful Betrothal
I feel like I need to start this review with a disclaimer. I am a book purist. I am one of those people who has read the book and complains about all the ways the movie adaptation is not faithful… Continue reading
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Chasing Waterfalls
“Don’t go chasing waterfalls” sang TLC in 1995, the chorus of which has been running through my mind this week. You see at the start of the week I had the opportunity to visit Bua Thong Waterfall in Chiang Mai,… Continue reading
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Reading the Bible Down Under, ISBL Adelaide 2026
I was recently at the International Society for Biblical Literature (ISBL) conference in Uppsala, Sweden and I heard some one proclaim, “I would be happy to travel anywhere in the world except Australia. Becuase they have spiders and snakes and… Continue reading
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At Last
Yesterday a bee landed on my finger. It walked over to my pink nail and checked for pollen before flying away again. It felt like a promise to my six year old self. I had driven eight hours to attend… Continue reading
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Forgive as we have been Forgiven
This is a sermon given at St David’s Uniting Church, Newtwon, Victoria, Australia, on the Second Sunday in Advent, 2024. Continue reading
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Haunted by The Voice
White Australia has a Black History, and we continue to be haunted by it. Continue reading
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Reading the Parable of the Sower
So what if we read the parable of the sower with this frame of privilege in mind…. Continue reading
