Henrietta Dubb's Diary

What's Gone Wrong? Where to Now?

How to Find the Right Path Again.

Hi there! I'm Henrietta Dubb and this is my diary. I've been around on the internet for a few years. HD is a pen-name, in honour of my maternal grandfather, Henry Dubb. Have you heard of him? He was made famous by the Christian socialist historian Richard H Tawney. I came across a quote recently and this explained aspects of my spiritual ancestry that I have wondered about all my life. I was reading through a book of Tawney's essays, The Attack and Other Papers first published in 1953 (ISBN 0 85124 312 6). As a matter of fact that was the year I was born. As a matter of shame it has taken me 50 years to learn this about Henry Dubb. If you want to read what Tawney wrote about my grand-father in his November 1935 review essay on Christianity and the Social Revolution in the New Statesman and Nation click here.

As I say, he was my maternal grandfather. It's also amazing to me that Tawney's other writings in the book, particularly of his experiences as a soldier in the first world war, are not better known. Tawney deserves to be read at this time.

Anyway, some years ago I decided to launch my own diary. I called it

Henrietta Dubb's Diary - What's Gone wrong?

Where to Now? How to Find the Right Path Again.

Here's my latest 2007 entries:

37. Stockland's Embarrassment (5.2.07)

I am trying to persuade whoever reads my stuff that we have to give up our cocky and self-assured secular outlook. In a nutshell that's what I am discussing. I'm no whingeing Pom. With all due respects to my Grandpa Henry his all-too-English world-view is the cause of a lot of unhelpful, negative whingeing. There's lots to whinge about, particularly in his country if you are allergic to xenophobia. So my Diary is actually my attempt to dig myself out of negative whingeing. My diary attempts to express my responsibility as a 50 year-old Christian citizen of Australia. I am Henry Dubb's Australian grand-daughter. I am trying to wake myself up, explaining to myself, and anyone else who is interested, what I think has gone wrong and how we can begin to find a way to exercise the stewardship God entrusts to us in this place.

So, enjoy my diary. I'll try to keep entries as long as this one. Part of the project is to learn to say it simply. Those who know me will understand how hard that is. I'll try to keep under 300 words. Promise.

Updated February 2007

Henrietta Dubb, Christian citizen of the 21^st century. Next

February 2007 © Henrietta Dubb's Diary, is written and published by Bruce C Wearne, 29 Lawrence Rd., Point Lonsdale Vic 3225 AUSTRALIA, 61-3-5258-3913. Each entry in the diary may be photocopied or retransmitted in its entirety but shall not otherwise be reprinted or transmitted without the publisher's written permission. This personal project aims to encourage positive Christian citizenship, the development of policies and political attitudes that better express our love for God and our neighbour. Comments are welcome.

Email can be sent to bcwearne@ozemail.com.au

Web-site http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bcwearne/hdd.htm

2006

36. Stockland Proposal - What is Awry (10/04/06)

2005

35. Stockland's Vulnerable Woodland Stewardship! (24/10/05)

34. Loud Music, Mediation and Community Justice (25/9/05)

33. Point Lonsdale's development goals (13/07/05)

32. Stockland's credit rating (13/07/05)

31. Let Stockland demonstrate they are serious (14/03/05)

30. A Christian hymn to advance a fair Australia (14/03/05)

2004