Purim celebrates Esther's role
Easter is about the path to Salvation through Jesus\' death on the cross followed by the resurrection. This idea of the salvation process is picked up throughout the Scriptures and one such scenario is associated with Esther..
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Easter means flight travel for many of us
Easter is a time when many of us travel by plane. The airports are a crush. The line ups are painful. The security is something else. Delays are seemingly inevitable. Getting the kids ready, packed and on board is something one can only experience.
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Winston Churchill and Easter
Of the many things I might associated with Easter, surely something on Winston Churchill might be better left for Anzac week. But there has been some very interesting material recently coming out about his life that in might relate in some measure to Easter.
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Easter and the Retired Australian Cricketers Bi-Annual Newsletter published today
On this occasion the 30 March release of the Retired Australian Cricketers Bi-Annual Newsletter is part of Easter Week and while this week\'s articles are squarely Easter related articles, I considered the cricketers newsletter should likewise highlight Easter.
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Perennial troublesome people sneak through into church and mission life
This topic of perennial troublesome people sneaking through to key roles in church and mission life is as old as there are years and the issue on the one hand is what to do with them, and on the other, the nature of the issue pervades every area of life.
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Teenage girls and your teenage son and his mates – a sleepover - yes or no?
Four years ago I addressed this subject in an article that essentially gave a very conditional okay with so many checks and balances that the Australian Mint \'security\' would blush. Since then a whole lot of youth social mores have changed and not least in the Christian scene.
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Basil Sellers meets with young writers leadership group
Mr Basil Sellers AM met with the Press Service International (PSI) young writers leadership group over morning tea in his Sydney home on Saturday 21 March.
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There is an ever growing need to keep statistics and records
Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke the week of Phillip Hughes tragic death last November after being struck by a rising ball at the SCG on Tuesday 25 of that month, in an emotional press conference, stated he had an agreement with Cricket Australia to retire shirt No 64 (Phillip Hughes shirt) from the one day format of the game.
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War Graves a major issue for Australians
Earlier this year I like many Australians went to the cinema to view Russell Crowe\'s \'The Water Diviner\'.
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An all stop freighter in 1968 was my first steam engine firing trip
My parents were dairy farmers at Crediton (Eungella) on the great dividing range west of Mackay Queensland and moved into the Mackay township in 1955 after my father suffered a horse accident during a cyclone when herding ion the milking cows.
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Local coastal kids fishing day illustrates the depth of a well spring of the community
Fishing is one of Australia\'s largest participation sports and whether your living on or near the coast or in regional and rural Australia near waterways, fishing clubs play an important social role in all such communities.
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Pakistani ministry out of this world proves to be far reaching
Pastor Nelson Pervaz is not your run-about Christian Pakistani evangelist, rather he and his brother Tariq Pervaz have developed an astonishingly far reaching SKYPE ministry.
