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David

  • Footplate Padre speaks of the 'General Appendix'

    The \"General Appendix\" is a large railway tome both in physical size and content and a story about a quote from the General Appendix is in the Footplate Padre\'s book \"Ripping Good Railway Yarns\" published in 1991 on page 23.

  • Parenting God's way

    I am a big fan of listening to podcasts, as I seldom find the time now to sit and read through an entire book or search the Internet for countless hours on how to parent.

  • Preparation

    As I prepare to pack and go to Japan on a mission trip to spread the gospel with my fellow YWAM colleagues, it makes me start to question: \'what is preparation?\' and \'what exactly is it that am I preparing for?\'

  • Young Adult novels are all the rage

    The girls at my youth group are always reading some sort of young adult novel. Usually, this entails either talking about the film adaption or the novel or the differences between the book and the movie.

  • 'Time is money' is a rip-off

    I sat encased in metres of ivory satin, French lace and tulle, my hair coiffed and sprayed to perfection. This was it: my wedding day was finally here.

  • Be excellent to one another

    While we may never forgive him for Jar Jar Binks, George Lucas does deserve credit for the inspired choice to cast Sir Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi.

  • Declining options

    Five years ago Australia\'s main stream media was discussing the wisdom of having \'separate legal systems\' for a range of people groups in Australia. Two years ago it was raised again. Now it\'s being downplayed by our politicians as a non-goer.

  • Why you won't be spending eternity in heaven

    When I was a young Christian, about 30 years ago, I was taught that the kingdom of God meant one thing and one thing only. It was the place those of us in Christ go to spend eternity with him when we die.

  • China promises cooperation with United Nations on human rights

    China will cooperate with the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body it has had testy relations with over the years, and invite its representatives to visit the country as appropriate.

  • Singaporean teen blogger jailed for 'wounding religious feelings'

    A Singapore court sentenced 17-year-old blogger Amos Yee to six weeks in jail on Thursday for \"wounding religious feelings\", the second jail term for the teenager who was convicted on similar charges last year.