Granny flats and Missions have a long rich history of convenience and adaptability
In our 36 years in Christian mission I cannot recall how many times we have been accommodated in various forms of "granny flat" while engaged in mission activities from Country Town Tours, preaching assignments, sports ministry and the like..
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Funerals show us there are many different families
Listening to an ABC Radio National program recently, the subject came up it seems in passing, that with so many second and third marriages, and children from each, the nature of who turns up at a funeral in this new world of ours, illustrates there are many different kinds of families.
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Teeny-tiny magnets may be useful in medicine
How small can a magnet become? I was pondering this when I read about how magnetic particles, attached to cancer medications, can be moved around the body by a magnet, thus concentrating the therapeutical substance just where it is needed
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Money keeps missions going yet many religions still illustrate that money is a cause for concern
The Church of England\'s former Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali says that what the great faiths condemn is the irresponsible use of wealth, not wealth itself. The worship of money is the root of all evil and not money on its own.
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Financial and product boycotts when a businessman makes a politically incorrect statement
A fascinating article appeared recently in News.com from Italy where in a businessman made a politically incorrect statement regarding the advertising emphasis by his company and then to find the Gay lobby constituency call for a boycott of his product.
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80-90 years ago all his mates and friends died – what does reaching a 'very ripe old age' mean?
In a recent News.com article on a new milestone on longevity of living, an Ethiopian man claims he is 160 years old, and it raised the question as to who he might actually know – all his mates and fiends are long dead, mostly 80â€\"90 years ago.
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The number of movies based around the drama of the family reunion says it all
I for one cannot recount the number of movies produced since the cinema was created based around family reunions. There are depictions of the typical US family union for Thanksgiving, when someone brings home a boy/girl friend, there is the family union on the ranch, in the suburb, the city, where ever really.
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Minister stuff-ups in the church are on par with corporate stuff-ups displayed by a recent listing
A recent News.com article listed major stuff-ups from the political, corporate, business, sport and entertainment worlds. For those interested in witnessing such things, this site is a good starting point.
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Science study on "fit and fat" but those who are overweight must not find comfort in this
Champion cricketer Shane Warne in his hey day claimed he was \'cricket fit\' although clearly on the hefty side and the same can be said for current cricket star Aaron Finch. So too the \'Forwards\' in these Super 16 Rugby teams and likewise the Shot Put and Discus athletic champions.
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Shock practical illustration on our children walking away with a stranger
Recently the Sydney Morning Herald ran a frightening story on how likely it is that our children will walk away with a stranger and under stringent controlled experiment 85% of the kids took the bait.
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Indigenous ethnobotanist wins new science award
This is a story that warms my heart. I have long been interested in the aboriginal uses of the land, and how their knowledge can help us \'newcomers\' to live more sustainably and being from a farming family, I understand how rural people care for the land as best they can
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Mobile phone and driving has again raised its ugly head after recent terrible waste road death
In a recent article in the Sydney Daily Telegraph from the Manly Daily cites the road death of a young woman who was on her way in the world of modelling only to be killed while on her mobile phone with her car hitting a tree.
