Bp of Canberra & Goulburn’s Christmas message
Posted on December 22, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Bishop Stuart Robinson’s Christmas message, 2010 —
“Leo Tolstoy wrote a book in 1879 called A Confession. This work tells the story of his search for meaning and purpose in life. Rejecting Christianity as a child, Tolstoy left university and went out in search of pleasure. In Moscow and St. Petersburg he drank heavily, lived promiscuously, and gambled frequently. His ambition was to become wealthy and famous but nothing really satisfied him…”