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Story + puppets = relaxed and clear

Story + puppets = relaxed and clear

Is there a story that you love to hear? Stories have always made me smile. When I was 11, a story that I loved was the musically animated version of Anastasia. Yes...a musical about a Russian girl, who was princess, then following a revolution she forgets her royal status. .

  • Contrasting Dominion

    Sitting in London's famed West End Dominion Theatre, I could feel the anticipation of the audience as the lights dimmed low to signal the commencement of the evening matinee.

  • Gear Stack and Wind Sock Washing

    The Gear Stack Technique is a way of organising audio gear into three categories in order to keep equipment running for longer. It works by replacing old gear with new gear and then retiring the old to be repaired and reused at a later point in time.

  • Waitangi Day: Celebration or Controversy?

    Every year our newspapers and screens bring us a list of provocative headlines to mark our national day. Journalists are poised to write about this year's new 'controversy'. Armchair commentators and talkback radio listeners cry foul every chance they get. When asked what Waitangi Day means to them many New Zealanders are negative or just ambivalent – after all, it's another day off work.

  • Are we there yet?

    Have you ever had a plan for life or something you really felt was God\'s plan for your life? We dream, plan, design, act and work towards this end, and hope that one day it will be so.

  • Learning has many bed fellows, one is from our mistakes

    A criticism I've often heard levelled at school curriculum's is their inflexibility when dealing with questions that have multiple possible answers. Unfortunately, I feel that this should be expected of a system that attempts standardisation.

  • Running to the front

    I have been meaning to write about running for quite some time. For those of you that do run, I am sure that you can identify with the sweat, the pain and the endurance needed to cross the finishing line; and the elation of a well-earned cold drink at the end.

  • Heated matches

    With the hot Australian summer finally on us, you will find most of us Aussies relocate to places where we can bask in the coolness of air conditioners and fans. Or if you were more daring you spent the day outside possibly soaking up sun on the beach or watching the tennis or cricket, either way expending as little energy as possible to survive the blistering heat.

  • On the holidays I…saved my marriage.

    On the holidays I…went to the beach with my family (a lot! Can you believe my sons actually got tired of going to the beach?)

  • Film analysis of 'Frozen': Disney finally gets 'love' right!

    What is love? Through the decades, Disney studios seems to have undertaken a journey of exploration and discovery into the theme of love. The power of \'true love\' has clearly been the resolution to many of the Disney animated fairytales such as 'Snow White' and 'Cinderella'.

  • Coming out

    God's plan for every believer includes a time in the wilderness – a season of testing. Testing is necessary, and it is good. It refines and strengthens us for what is to come, and it usually comes before a time of increased capacity, authority, and blessing.

  • The sweet life

    Who agrees that there is nothing like a rich chocolate brownie oozing with caramel sauce, or a perfectly fluffy crème brulee, or a plate of waffles lavished with maple syrup and whipped cream?