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Footplate Padre on Tasmanian Country Town Tour

Footplate Padre on Tasmanian Country Town Tour

As the Footplate Padre there have been many diverse \'speaks\' I have been able to give from regional and rural churches, service clubs, special interest groups to men\'s breakfasts, lunches and dinner..

  • Tasmanian PSI young writers in good spirits

    As part of our Tasmanian Country Town Tour last week we also caught up with over meals with our young writers based in Launceston and Hobart and welcomed into the fold an additional young writer.

  • Ethiopia, Sudan, Congo, Bolivia, Nepal … Gateway Launceston youth group

    On our 2015 Tasmanian Country Town Tour last week I was invited to speak to the Launceston Gateway Baptist Youth Group and who turned up – young people from Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Bolivia, Nepal and much else besides.

  • Launceston young couple entrepreneur Milk Bar Cafe

    Launceston\'s Robert and Rebekah Madden were at a cross roads – either remain in their limited occupations or go for it big time and drive themselves as young entrepreneur\'s and take up a local milk bar cafe.

  • Nelson Cook on Balance

    Nelson Cook who established Coaches of Influence (COIN) 30 years ago in Los Angeles USA writes a monthly letter to the many coaches at professional, college and high school levels and the current correspondence touches the spot.

  • Stutter's stuttering to the Lord

    This article is personal as I have been a stutterer all my life. Some years ago now it was revealed stutterers suffering severe \'\'social phobias\'\' linked to their speech impediment will be able to access psychological help online after successful Sydney trials for a new treatment.

  • Australian troops in Iraq – what of their return?

    Another batch of Australian troops, albeit, in training and support capacities, have now been in Iraq for several months.

  • Choice in educational analysis? – follow on from End of Year exams

    This article is a follows on from two articles on education - the first a discussion on the need for education. The second was on end of year exams. I concluded that article with this statement - consideration can be given in cases of disadvantage for final school exams.

  • Country Town Tours come in many forms

    Our Country Town Tour program takes in many guises, some with sport coaches, some with athletes, some with corporate executives and the like. On Country Town Tours we visit schools, youth groups, dinners, men\'s breakfasts and the like.

  • Footplate Padre on the Westinghouse train brakes

    The Footplate Padre says that whenever you think about fast wheeling freight trains or those express passenger units, consider how long it takes for a heavy laden train to stop, even with the emergency brake.

  • Lunch box preparation likened to a nation's spiritual daily journey

    News.com recently had a comprehensive article on what to, and what not to, include in the children\'s school lunch box. One interesting statistic is that one third of a school child\'s eating experience comes out of the lunch box.

  • PSI young writer video release - a remarkable group of young people

    The latest \'short\' and \'pithy\' young writer video 2 min 37 sec has been released - the 2015 young writer conference in Sydney on 1 August and you guessed it, producer Belinda Croft has done another exceptional job.