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David

  • A simple story of resilience and hope

    Her story was a simple story. It was a story of resilience and hope in the face of overwhelming adversity.

  • Cricket is like 'railway depot rivalry'

    Like most Australian kids in the 50\'s I played cricket at school, in the backyard, at the park, in the nets, at the beach and in weekend competition. I say this as the football season concluded last weekend and now the cricket season has started.

  • Why Church history is a great tool for evangelism

    I\'m not a history buff, but as I have been studying Early Church history I realise how important this knowledge is—and helpful as a tool for evangelism.

  • Skilled professionals a requirement across the board

    Being interested in both sport and Church affairs, I have reflected on a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the increasing \'professionalism\' in sports organisations.

  • Prosperous spirituality?

    Returning from a pan-Asia Christian conference my mind was exercised about whether material prosperity and spiritual maturity can ever exist together?

  • How the world taught me to be inferior

    I remember one day as a very young girl—probably six or seven years old—when I was standing at the back of a colourful classroom, watching as my mother saw my crayoned self-portrait in all its glory for the first time.

  • Should every child get a ribbon?

    The athletics tournament is over. The young children are tired. They\'ve had a good day of running, jumping and throwing. Everyone got a ribbon. No one missed out. No one felt that they had lost.

  • Being frugal

    In a fascinating recent article by the Sydney Morning Herald on the financial struggle of Sydney taxi drivers, many of the same comments and assessments can be given by missionaries.

  • The mining industry has rethink on housing

    As far back as 2008, the Central Queensland University has documented in reports for Government on the housing needs for the Bowen basin Mining Industry.

  • The right road isn't always the most comfortable: part two

    He was just as surprised as I, but I had no animosity toward him at all. I was just glad to see him and catch up, and I knew he was too.