The Boko Haram kidnap of over two hundred school girls in Nigeria says much that is negative about the bad treatment of others and females in particular. It says that: people are expendable for political purposes females are things to be owned and sold off girls are not worthy of being educated, and especially that of a secular […]
Australians celebrate ANZAC Day on April 25 annually. This has many elements: honouring the people who gave themselves in the service of our country in war celebrating the freedom that we enjoy reminding ourselves of the cost of freedom hoping that never again will people be called to make such sacrifice No-one in […]
As many eagerly await the Easter holiday period its easy to think about the good of Easter in terms of the chance for a good break. Not that there’s anything with a good break. I love a good break. The way God made us was to work and recreate. That’s the whole idea of Sabbath. […]
Sometimes we hear horrific stories of human brutality. One such case is the story reported in the Age Newspaper of a man who was imprisoned, tortured and humiliated over a twenty-four hour period. The man was quoted as saying that he would ‘probably never trust them (humans) as collective again’. I can understand that. In […]
Sometimes the reality is that the world and /or my world turn bad. There’s a lot to make us feel bad. There are lots of current examples, among them: people still waiting for news of loved ones after the disappearance of flight MH730; people buried in mudslides in Washington State USA; people wondering what is […]
Our news services in the past week have detailed the outcome of the trial of Brett Peter Cowan who murdered Daniel, the son of Bruce & Denise Morcombe when he was thirteen years of age in 2003. The Morcombe’s indicated in an interview with Sixty Minutes that they felt that justice had been done – interview […]
My heart goes out to the families of those awaiting the news of the fate of love ones from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like for them. How would I be if I were them waiting for what appears likely to be bad news? I […]
Life is filled with questions. When I was young I thought that questions were for young people. But the older I get the more I realise that questioning is very much part of our humanity. While life is simple as far as the basics are concerned it is complex in the sense that many things […]
The Age reported today that Gwen Steffani and her husband Gavin Rossdale have had a third son whom they have named Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale – celebrity pregnancy and birth news Those familiar with the entertainment industry will instantly recognise the origins and significance of those names. Parents often name children in honour of someone […]
The news of Charlotte Dawson’s death is very sad. Charlotte had a very public battle with depression and finally decided to take her own life. We can only imagine how much pain she was in and how painful this is to those close to her and love her. No matter how much we love someone […]