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An Afternoon BMX Adventure
I. My BMX had white tires. It was a cheap knock-off brand from K-Mart, but I rode the life out of it. I had initially wanted something cooler like a Mongoose, but I knew I this was a pipe dream … Continue reading
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Tagged bikeriding, BMX, childhood, memories, memory, nostalgia, reflection, rokeby, shortstory, warragul
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Portrait of an Anxious Mind
I realised I had been on the same webpage just 1 hour before. It was 2am and my panic resulted in another bout of sleeplessness, so I had been indulging in a favourite pastime: googling my headache symptoms in a … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, existentialism, health, healthanxiety, mental illness, worry
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Small Moments in Love #2
The Church I attended throughout my childhood was small but vibrant. Each Sunday evening we would have a more informal service that was designed to ‘reach out’ to people from non-church backgrounds. I remember these services as a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, church, friends, love, memories, nostalgia, relationships
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Western Civilisation in the Twenty-First Century Conference
I will be speaking at the University of Adelaide History Department’s Western Civilisation in the Twenty-First Century conference on 20-21 February, 2020. My paper will deal with nationalism and racism as manifest in various extreme heavy metal subcultures. The event … Continue reading
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Nazi Show Trials and the Politics of Condemnation
Roland Freisler was one of the more unsavoury personalities of the Third Reich-era. This achievement was no small feat given his competition: Himmler, Bormann, Goebbels and Streicher were all strong contenders in the crappy personality department. Nevertheless, Freisler occupied a … Continue reading
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Tagged judgement, law, legal, michelfoucault, nazi, nazis, philosophy, rolandfreisler, thirdreich
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Writing Passionate History: The Example of Jules Isaac
Must the writing of history always be undertaken in a spirit of cold detachment, or is there a legitimate place for the use of passion as a guiding force in the pursuit of historical inquiry? Traditional wisdom would suggest that … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, history, holocaust, jewishhistory, judaism, julesisaac, religion, thirdreich
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Die Botschaft Gottes: A Translation of Introductory Material
In 1940, theologians from the Jena-based Institute for the Elimination of Jewish Influence on German Church Life published an edited version of New Testament titled Die Botschaft Gottes(The Message of God). [1] The purpose of the translation was to offer German Christians … Continue reading
Legacies of Sexual Abuse: My Experience
I. John came into my life when I was around 14. He had been invited to our Church as a guest speaker and had soon moved to our town to start a new life for himself. He was charismatic, friendly … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, childhood, church, god, healing, recovery, sex abuse, sexual abuse, sexuality, trauma
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A Haunting in an Empty Church
When I was in primary school I used to practice my drums at Church. My Dad was the senior minister there, allowing me to be in the privileged position of being able to access the building out of hours. For … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, church, drumming, ghosts, haunting, memory, reflection, shortstory, spirit
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