Mark Tronson
Press Service International
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children
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The camera - the Footplate Padre
As the Footplate Padre I attest this article is a railway whinge, but a fair one and I still don't know to whom I should write a letter of complaint. I set the scene as this is important, to get the full impact of the story.
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The way being prepared
"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah." (Jonah 1 verse 17).
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Confidentiality...
A recent news story that came out of the United State centred on a legal case where a former husband accessed his then wife's email account using her private password, this happened while they were still married. He now faces trial on felony computer misuse charge.
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There are ‘shifts’
In an article by Hugh Mackay, psychologist and social researcher titled: "A nation in need of catharsis", his concluding remarks reveal a national revival in people getting on with life regardless of what's happening with threats of one kind or another:
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A place – and ministry
One phrase caught my eye from a devotional booklet, and which I pondered.
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Missing persons – where are they??
Every year, Australia has a 'Missing Persons Week', in which advertisements and publicity campaigns urge those people who have "chosen" to disappear to please contact their loved ones or the Police; even if they want to keep their current location confidential for their own personal reasons.
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Catweazle
As a kid there was no more favourite children's program for me, than, Catweazle. I was a passionate fan of Catweazle. He spoke funny, he did many strange and weird things, he was a loved character.
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The private chaplain
It is lonely at the top. All people who hold a lofty office need to have someone who is trustworthy, to whom they might dare to speak their innermost troubles, and also have such a person speak wisdom into their heart.
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Counting your chickens...
"Counting your chickens before they've hatched" is as true today as it has always been, as even explained in the Bible.
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Two edged sword
The Sydney Morning Herald's published an article titled "Leaders behaving badly", which listed well publicised international and Australian examples along with anecdotal illustrations. The list includes politicians and business leaders.