Gifts of Love and Duty

An address by our Minister, Rev. Rob MacPherson - recorded on Sunday, 1st December, 2019 in the Unitarian Meeting House in Adelaide.

Today, amidst the all-to-frenzied build up to Christmas, Rob seeks to discover the true nature of Christmas - of Giving and the nature of love that Kant describes as Practical Love, reflected in that giving. Much of Christmas is a "transparent fraud" - especially the (Father Christmas) fraud on children and their disillusionment on discovering it. It becomes "congenital" when they - in turn, perpetuate it through their children. Rob reflects on his own childhood and the significance of the curious and practical, Anglo-Irish gift of an orange. Listen on!