World Cup Cricket - Tales from the crease
In this down-under summer cricket season culminating in the current World Cup, I want to share some cricket anecdotes..
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Lassie the dog, Mr Ed the horse and Skippy the Kangaroo are all going to heaven – Pope Francis
In a Sydney Morning Herald article late last year by Rick Gladstone taken from the New York Times, we hear that Pope Francis when comforting a little boy after his beloved pet dog died, assured him he was in heaven.
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Susan Patton's advice to young women: Stay sober, don't make yourself vulnerable. Do-gooders hate it!
Susan Patton who is not unknown to my columns for good old common sense, has once again given young women good sound motherly advice so as to avoid sexual assault. And the do-gooders are up in arms.
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Managers get replaced, what about church life?
Late last year The Guardian published an AAP story that senior Qantas managers were sent packing and a new breed bought in.
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'Boycott Halal in Australia' is certainly getting some publicity
Even a cursory glance at the \'Boycott Halal in Australia\' Facebook site along with a random reading of major on-line newspapers across Australia indicate that this popular movement has gained some traction.
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Do you hear me?
One of my \"Dad jokes\" is that I have trouble talking (due to a longstanding stutter) and my wife, Delma, has trouble hearing (due to a congenital problem), hence 38 years of marriage bliss, I can\'t talk and Delma can\'t hear!!
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2015 ARPA video on the way - another production of Belinda Croft promoting Christian Press
The Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) annual conference held last September in Canberra celebrating its 40th year documented in this column at the time will have its 2015 conference in Queensland.
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Respite helps in the development of reflection
Since 2011 the Laguna Quays Respite facility on the Whitsundays mainland has been available to missionaries and ministers (pastors) for respite and this year, five years later a second facility is being established at Aldinga Beach a little south of Adelaide.
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Praying ladies still the highlight of the ministry
Thirty eight years ago when my wife Delma and I established our Christian ministry the first thing we arranged were five ladies willing to hold up our family and ministry in prayer on a daily basis.
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Thanking God for what's gone before
This is my 38th year in Christian ministry and it\'s remarkable to look back and rejoice in what the Lord has done in one\'s life\'s ministry. In the midst of this have been some amazing people who have been mentors.
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Panellists - determining 2015 young writer awards
The Press Service International young writer program with Christian Today \'awards\' schedule is determined by four sets of Panellists who each have specific young writers to mark through to mid July for the 1 August awards.
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Unboiling eggs is simply a matter of untangling strings of proteins (or perhaps it's not so simple).
The headline glared at me: \"How to unboil an egg\".
