RollingWithTheRevs: Breaking Bad
Once upon a time in Albuquerque, New Mexico… With a son with cerebral palsy and a baby daughter on the way, 50 year old Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a failed genius chemist, is diagnosed with...
View ArticleSame Sex Marriage: Myths & Mindsets
With Louisa Wall’s Bill to amend the definition of marriage passing its first reading with such a comfortable margin there seems an inevitability to the legalisation of same-sex marriages. So RevMike...
View ArticleRollingWithTheRevs: Luther
The Atlantic-hopping Brit, Idris Elba, has been popping up in television and movies for a while now and more recently in big-budget flicks like Thor and Prometheus (or maybe you caught him in Ghost...
View ArticleEeenie Meenie Mainee Mo! Catch a House N*gga…
Mana Party Leader and MP for Te Taitokerau, Hone Harawira, is in the news again for using yet another “racial epithet”. RevMike gets past the shock and wonders what all the fuss is about: It was...
View ArticleTe Harakore o nga Wheao a Ihirama: Innocence of Muslims
The heated furore over the offensive representation of Islam in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ has had some tragic consequences. So where do we draw the line when it comes to freedom of expression? RevMike...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Christmas
“I wanna have X-mas on the beach…” RevMike can be as selfish and shallow as the next person–but part of being Christian is to wrestle with being a better person. At Christmas time that means...
View ArticleGiving up Samba for Lent
What do the Brazilian Carnival, Meat and $5 have in common? Let RevMike tell you… They dance into the early hours—the passista or samba girls drowning in sequins, strategically placed beads and little...
View ArticleVIDEO: RealRevTalk – I’ve Got 5 On It
Check out the moving, powerful and horrifying account of why RevMike is living on $5 a day for 40 days:
View ArticleMaking Fun of the Dead
The Revs all love to be irreverent but how soon is too soon to make light of death? RevMike shares his thoughts: “If you ran them down when they were alive, don’t lie through your teeth and praise them...
View ArticleLearn War No More
As we honour all who have served and died for their countries this ANZAC Day, RevMike wonders about a day when we might learn war no more: We live in a world in which violence is cool. We use violence...
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