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Ridin' dirty for Jesus

Ridin' dirty for Jesus

As far as being a woman, I fail in many respects. Living with three boys has moulded me into a kind of quasi-female where I genuinely don't mind the toilet seat being left up or the bed being left unmade. Maybe I've lowered my standards, or maybe I missed the feminine housewife gene? It gets worse… my biggest failing is in the kitchen. I sincerely suck at cooking. .

  • Two minutes to live

    A challenge: Imagine you have only two minutes to live. Your cheap ticket on that new North Korean budget airliner means the wings have fallen off and the plane's plummeting to the ground.

  • Paradise lost: Some musings on the media

    Is the media as fair and balanced as it should be, especially with issues of faith and religion? This is something I have thought about a fair bit, as it involves two of my favourite things: the media and my worldview (Christian theism).

  • EPL: Chelsea takes top spot !!!

    Chelsea are back to where they been aspiring to for years, as they took a massive scalp last weekend, defeating co favourites Manchester City away in Manchester. Chelsea went to City, knowing a win was critical, if they were to challenge for this season's championship!!!

  • Stop trying to solve the big problems.

    In my line of work, we call them the 'pain points'. They are the often unspoken, yet overwhelming reasons why people don't do something.

  • Stop avoiding the elephant in the room – Teenagers with a mental illness need you

    Churches are filled with people who suffer from a mental illness – especially young people. Statistics show us that 14% of all people aged between 12-18 will experience some mental health problem each year (Headspace).

  • The create commission

    Barrack, Buddhists and Babies In January 2011, US President Barrack Obama urged the American people towards a new innovative age, declaring in his State of the Union address, \"The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation...what America does better than anyone else - is spark the creativity and imagination of our people.\"

  • We are the media

    Having been recently freed from the text books I have found myself reunited with one of my favourite but neglected places in the world: the library. Choosing books can be quite an ordeal because I am the kind of person who has to finish what I start.

  • What 2013 taught me! I have learnt that...

    There is something about 'The New Year's Resolution' that is fundamentally annoying to me. It might be the enforcement of the unrelenting pressure to be better that I am reacting to or it could be the over familiar and inauthentic nature in which such resolutions are made… after a few too many bevvies and an inspirational sing of 'Auld Agnes Syne", I'm anyone's project!

  • The rise and fall of a hero

    Last week the media was awash with news that Ian Thorpe had been admitted to rehabilitation for depression after being found by police wandering disoriented near his Sydney home. The 31 year old Australian has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian. And he is highly decorated with numerous other Australian and international swimming awards, medals and accolades.

  • You are going to die! Does that worry you?

    "A small fact: you are going to die, does this worry you?"

  • Self-absorption, inhumanity and punishment. Asylum seekers – welcome to Australia

    "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." Martin Luther King, Jr.