Ken Batterham

'Retired' Anglican Priest (progressive) with interests in public policy, accountability, social justice and human rights issues. Views are my own.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

@JaneCaro Never dispair, never give up, never stop speaking up for those who have no voice. You are a voice for goodness and reasonableness

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

Immigration is NOT the problem. Immigration the backbone of economy. Rt wing popularism not overcome by govt moving to the right but by good humane values and well tested policy based on compassion and human rights.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

If I was asked to name the great sins (used that word carefully) of our time I would say privilege and entitlement. Both are at the core of the problems with western society. Much more humility needed.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

40 Days of Good stuff - Day 8 - 25 /2.
Named after a town in Northern NSW & hometown of my Father. As we journey through Lent it is helpful to know where we come from but also to discover where we are going, For me, the Lenten journey is towards truth, meaning , towards God.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

40 Days of Good Stuff, Day 7 24/2.
Our visits to this beach town have brought us to our special place, a place of quiet, reflection and peace. It was a perfect place to spend some time during Lent. I hope that you have or that you find your special place this Lent.
Blessings.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

40 Days of Good Stuff Day 6 . Monday after lent I.
Come and Sing at Southwark 2013
Music has always been an integral part of my spiritual life. I cannot play an instrument but this music is always rising from within me and lifting me out of myself and closer to God.
Blessings

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

40 Days of Good Stuff Day 4 Saturday after Ash Wednesday 21 Feb
Greetings.
The season of Lent reminds us that we are finite human beings in a world of infinite possibilities. We are called to live each day to the full and in so doing to make the world a better place.
Blessings.

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40 Days of Good Stuff Day 3 - 20 Feb.
We have lived in this neighbourhood for nearly 56 years. Much has changed in that time. However, just a short distance away is this amazing view of the Tidbinbilla Range. Every time I see it, it stops me in my tracks and I am blessed.
Peace

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40 Days of Good Stuff Day 2 19 Feb
Give thanks to God for the ordinary people who we meet on the journey who do extraordinary things, particularly in health care who are dedicated to restoring our health and wellbeing.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

40 Days of Good Sh... Day 1 Ash Wednesday

We discovered this new flower emerging from our messy and spiky Banksia Blechnifolia. As it matures the flower opens out and becomes a soft brown. Like so much of life beauty emerges out of the most difficult circumstances.
Blessings

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

Candlemass 2026
Greetings.
“Dare to lose your life and you will find it.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen.
Peace, justice and blessings.

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Epiphany IV
Greetings.
Any act of love is subversive of systems of oppression and brings freedom.
(K R Batterham)
Peace, justice and blessings.

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Saturday after Epiphany III.
Greetings.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." ~ Desmond Tutu
Peace, justice and blessings.

[Ken Batterham @therevdmac]

The new humanity that is created around Jesus is not a humanity that is always going to be successful and in control of things, but a humanity that can reach out its hand from the depths of chaos, to be touched by the hand of God.”
― Rowan Williams, Being Christian:
Peace.

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Thursday after Epiphany III
Greetings.
"Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world." ~ Miroslav Volf
Peace, Justice and blessings.

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Epiphany III
Greetings.
Worship of Jesus is rather harmless and risk-free; actually following Jesus changes everything." ~ Richard Rohr.
Peace, justice and blessingss.

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Saturday after Epiphany III
Greetings.
Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, [comfortable], triumphal, and powerful." ~ Shane Claiborne
Peace, justice and blessings.

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Wednesday after Epiphany III
Greetings.
To be human in an aching world is to know our dignity and become people who safeguard the dignity of everything around us.”
— Cole Arthur Riley
Peace, justice and blessings.

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Tuesday after Epiphany III
Greetings.
"The truth about injustice always sounds outrageous." ~ James H. Cone
Peace, justice and blessings.

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Monday after Epiphany III
Greetings.
Jesus is alive! Resurrected in the lives of the poor and the marginalised, deported by the wealthy west because of his otherness. - Ken Batterham
Peace, justice and blessings.