First steps: Letter to a young Christian

By John McCrindle Last month I shared the text of a pamphlet that my grandfather, John Cree McCrindle, wrote many years ago to commend and share his Christian faith with fellow workers in the coal mines in Ipswich, Queensland. That was one of two similar undated pamphlets I possess. In the other, in the form of a …

Constructing the theology of G. H. Morling

Summary of the argument of my PhD thesis (University of Divinity, Melbourne, 2022) The term โ€œmysticโ€ is seldom associated with the principals of Baptist theological colleges. Australian-born George Henry Morling (1891-1974) is an exception. Described in 1922 as โ€œsmall and spare with the face of a mystic,โ€ Morling taught at the Baptist Theological College of …

Smoky Spanish tomato soup

I made this soup tonight. It tasted so amazing that I promised, when posting a photo to Facebook, that Iโ€™d share the recipe. It's closely based on a recipe from Dinnerly, a food delivery service similar to Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon that we use four nights a week. All thatโ€™s changed is that I …

One coalminer to another

by John McCrindle This is the text of an undated pamphlet written by my maternal grandfather, John Cree McCrindle (1897-1982), probably around the time of his wife Lily's death in 1956, to commend and share his Christian faith with fellow workers in the coal mines in Ipswich, Queensland. Dear Comrades, For the past thirty-four years …

Continue the journey

2 Timothy 3:14-16 Sunset on the road to Gilgandra, northern New South Wales, Australia. As we come to the fifth and final reflection on Paulโ€™s second letter to Timothy, letโ€™s review what we have learned so far. Among various points of advice and encouragement in this profound pastoral letter, we have looked at four requests …