Author Archives: Matthew Pullar

Today is Trinity Sunday. It is also June 3, which is the day when both the Anglican and Catholic churches remember the 22 Ugandan Christians who, between 1885 and 1887, were martyred. Many of them were killed on this day in 1886, which was Ascension Thursday that year, burnt for their opposition to the kingContinue reading “Kotanda, Kotanda, Kotanda!”

I, Justin, the son of Priscus and grandson of Bacchius, natives of Flavia Neapolis in Palestine, present this address and petition in behalf of those of all nations who are unjustly hated and wantonly abused, myself being one of them. (Justin Martyr, The First Apology of Justin, trans. James Donaldson and Alexander Roberts) Some facedContinue reading “The Martyr’s Apology (For Justin, Martyr)”

This week is the Australian Anglican Church’s week of prayer for reconciliation with Australia’s Indigenous people. It isn’t a topic I feel particularly well-equipped to address and am weary of showing up my own ignorance and, shamefully, frequent indifference on the subject. But I figure that that’s where much change happens – with ordinary brokenContinue reading “Reconciling Wind Part 1”