Macklemore performs on stage at the Goldencoast Rap Festival in Corcelles-les-Monts on 3o August 2026. Photograph: Arnaud Finistre/AFP/Getty Images By Rod Benson The controversy surrounding Macklemore’s recent removal from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran’s 2026 Loop tour raises a question extending far beyond one rapper, one pop star or one geopolitical conflict. Should musicians use concert …
Six gifts of Celtic spirituality for Christian worship
By Rod Benson Christian worship is enriched when it draws from the breadth of the Christian tradition rather than relying on a single inherited pattern. Among the streams that have attracted renewed attention is the Christianity associated with Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other Celtic-speaking regions. The expression “Celtic Christianity,” however, requires careful definition. There was …
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Histori bilong Lae Technical College (Tok Pisin)
Skul bilong wok na save, na wok bilong bildim kantri long Papua Niugini Rod Benson i raitim Lae em wanpela siti em graun na ples bilong en i bin stiaim tru histori bilong en. Lae i stap long het bilong Huon Gulf, klostu long maus bilong Markham River, long hap we wanpela bikpela veli i …
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A history of Lae Technical College
Vocational education and nation-building in Papua New Guinea By Rod Benson Lae is a city shaped by its geography. It lies at the head of the Huon Gulf, close to the mouth of the Markham River, where a broad valley opens between formidable mountain systems and the sea. Behind the coastal plain rise the Atzera …
River dependence
Where did you learn to swim? For me it was an indoor swimming pool out the back of Westfield Figtree in Wollongong. We lived near the beach, and we spent some school holidays with cousins at Beecroft who had a pool in their back yard, but mastering freestyle, backstroke, and later butterfly in an environment where I …
