Our mate Ciaron O’Reilly is about to rock Melbourne.
“Ciaron O’Reilly is a devout Brisbane-born Christian pacifist. In a life dedicated to protest, he’s been jailed for disarming warplanes, dismantling uranium mining machinery and performing exorcisms of warships. To some he’s an inspiration, to others a criminal.” (Andrew Denton: Enough Rope June 2006)
Last year before Ciaron went on trail and before he was on Andrew Denton’s enough rope our Peace Tree crew with EPYC had him out in Perth stirring things up. He didn’t disappoint. Those who have heard me speak will know that because of my faith I often talk of “conflict transformation”. My inspiring mate Ciaron with a smile will often share his take:
“Some Christian’s are into conflict resolution. As a Christian, I’m into conflict escalation”.
If you’re near Melbourne don’t miss this funny, inspiring, intelligent, controversial, internationally renowned ploughshares activist.
*7.30pm Friday August 24th.
Brunswick Baptist Church
491 Sydney Rd. Brusnwick
*7.30pm Tuesday August 28th.
Cornerstone Contact Centre
Cnr. Walker and Plason st. Dandenong
For more info contact my mates John Jensen or Simon Moyle who are doing fantastic stuff in Melbourne.
Hamo from 
the external sounds of worship sung in front of riot cops, detention centres for the innocent, maximum security prisons with the guilty, in the smile of a child with a intellectual disability, the hand of the elderly, the face of a murderer, the fist of a cop, the reality of my own sin, the feeling of God’s good earth between your toes in the morning, warm tears of a heart longing for real change, warm tea with a neighbour, the joy of a good dumper scavenge, the laughter of local kids learning their skin is not a curse, the sweet sound of earnest praise accompanied only by creation, prayers of an indigenous elder for the drug dealers in our neighbourhood and the other more ordinary ways that God’s love gets at us. Messes with us. And empowers us to live a little more like Jesus, a little more like the world will be when God’s love finally floods all of creation.”
My beautiful Teresa teaches me so much about prayer, life, nonviolence and following the One who has conquered not with tanks rolling in but with a towel washing feet. The other day I found myself telling my friend 
The artwork of Mozambican artists: Cristovao Canhavato (Kester), Hilario Nhatugueja, Fiel dos Santos and Adelino Serafim Maté who take the weapons of war and turn them into parables of healing.