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Dear privileged middle class, I’m worried for us

Dear privileged middle class, I’m worried for us

I’m writing for the privileged, professional middle classes. You, who have worked hard to get to where you are, who haven’t wasted your opportunities. You with nice families, more than you need, and mostly free weekends..

  • Escape hatch

    “Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes.” You know it.  I know it. The bullet holes are many. Natural disasters, racial tensions, gun violence, overlooked lower class, overworked middle class, over-criticized upper class - gaping bullet holes.

  • Australia and the odd relationship with sports fanaticism

    We consider ourselves in Oz to be the leaders in sport, we love smashing the Yanks and the Poms and reminding them of our sweet victories.

  • Better solution in God

    Recently, I have been studying Genesis with the English Bible study group. There was one part that impressed me.

  • Numb as you get on the bus

    So since we last spoke/talked/caught up things have changed. And not just the incremental change.

  • From a wrestling Christian: Let’s talk about this prayer thing

    “The life I am leading is like a roller coaster” says my dad as we drive to the local theme park.

  • The perfection impossibility

    I’ve been on numerous mission trips to Guyana. A small group of us from Barbados are supporting a local pastor there who works with the Amerindian peoples of the interior.

  • Poverty of a different kind

    You and I have a problem. We’re greedy and with Christmas right around the corner, this isn’t a good.

  • The battle is raging

    “Where the battle rages there the loyalty of the soldier is proved” Though this utterance is commonly attributed to Martin Luther the accuracy of the attribution has been debated.

  • Truly, who am I?

    ‘Know yourself’ is a phrase that I have heard continuously and in various forms since the inception of my teenage years. 

  • Comprehending better when children get taught

    I used to be petrified of questions. I had no idea what they were going to be and they used to be incredibly hard to answer.

  • Moving from fear into freedom

    As little kids we are taught the difference between right and wrong. We know that if we touch a hot stove, the consequence will be a burnt hand.