One of a Kind: The book of Peter Macleod-Miller

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The road to enlightenment is paved with many things-good intentions, compassion, epiphanies-but there are pitfalls too, wildcards and trolls lurking under bridges. The passage charted by Father Peter Macleod-Miller is one of light, love and shadows.

From a childhood in Sydney's leafy northern suburbs to the cloistered wonders of St Andrew's Cathedral, Peter's ascension to faith and inspiration incorporates the personal and spiritual trials of sexuality during the AIDS pandemic, his own quarries of doubt, both institutional and personal, and a decade ministering to an ancient English parish on a par with the BBC's Vicar of Dibley.


Peter's quest to be allowed to love, unregulated by gender, has pitted him against the church's most reactionary incumbents, plunging him into enmity with the fusty realms of paternalism and dogma that seem to still exist within the upper echelons ofthe Anglican church in Australia.


Despite this, Peter's passion for the Anglican institution, its choirs and music, have held him within the church's fold. His ministries over his life show the difference one person who genuinely reflects the real values of Christianity can make to many individual lives and to entire communities. Abandon all rancour ye who enter here.

Author Bio

Neal Drinnanwas born in Melbourne. He has worked in publishing and journalism for many years. He is the author of six novels,Glove Puppet,Pussy's Bow, Quill,the Lambda award-winningIzzy and Eve, Rare Bird of TruthandRural Liberties,as well as a travel guide,The Rough Guide to Gay and Lesbian Australia.The Devil's Gripis his first work of narrative non-fiction. He owns an independent bookshop called Cow Lick in Colac, Victoria.