Christina كريستينا (Taylor's Version)’s Reviews > Streets of hope: Finding God in St Kilda > Status Update

"It is too easy to give into the social cynicism that declares we are powerless to resist globalisation, wealth inequality and fragmenting communities. Sadly, cynics are usually disillusioned idealists. ... It corrodes both hope and the birthing of fresh ideas and possibilities. I want to keep hope alive and mutuel the belief that we can build a truly civil and just society."

"In a society which regards inefficiency as blasphemy, it is important to protest that the things our culture values most involve stupendous inefficiency. ... When management promises ha efficiency in removing democracy and identity, we sense that it will be a bland, smooth, tasteless community."

If it is God's world gifted to us, then it comes with an obligation of stewardship in its cultivation for the benefit of all. It is obscenity to award it to the private profiteers."

"The myth proclaims that [the private] sector is the real creator of wealth, whereas public service creates nothing. This fashion forgets its limits. Private wealth can only be created out of resources that belong to everyone because they first belong to God. The Hebrew scriptures assert that the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. -

"Council represented a forum where such civic discourse that shaped the social and physical realities of our place, our suburb and our lives could occur. Civic discourse is an endangered dialogue. It takes hours of unpaid work to be on council and a great deal of commitment by one's family or partner."

"The democratic system only works if clear alternate policies and visions are put up for choice. The fudging and mumbling in order to stay uncommitted for electoral advantage compromises the process."

"The lady holding the scales of justice is blindfolded to remind us that the law is utterly impartial. Sometimes the law is simply blind and cannot recognise morality when hit in the face by it."

"The lady holding the scales of justice is blindfolded to remind us that the law is utterly impartial. Sometimes the law is simply blind and cannot recognise morality when hit in the face by it."

"I have no doubt that, where there is an icy destructiveness in a marriage, it is best to move to termination. But every death of a marriage is a blow to our ideal that committed human love can free us to change and conquer our own demons and personal problems."

"If Christian faith is to be truly Christian it must eschew the cultural gods of convenience and self-fulfilment to engage with the powers of death that confronted Jesus. By naming and disclosing the illusory nature of those powers that promise respectability, comfort and legitimacy in the name of the dominant culture, there is authenticity and a free space in which to live."