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Abuse and Injustice. What are the options?

Abuse and Injustice. What are the options?

Recently, I viewed footage of little children in a Vietnamese orphanage being treated quite severely. One scene showed a small baby, not more than a few months old being pushed to the side and rolled away in annoyance by the \'carer\'. It gave my heart a very heavy feeling. A feeling I have felt before when realising that I\'ve just seen something that I would rather have not witnessed. .

  • God gets the glory: How to write your testimony

    If an article you read started, "This is truly the greatest article you will ever read. You are truly honoured to read it. It is the product of my great intellect and humility," how would you respond? Bit over the top? Someone who writes like this is full of themselves, agree?

  • The quality of life: Theist vs. Atheist

    Recently I came across an article about mental health in Theists and Atheists (blogs.telegraph.co.uk).

  • Living a life of wealth and greed

    Greed. It's a part of life we both love and hate. We love it because we get what we want. On the other hand, we hate it because of that very reason. Greedy people are generally not liked because they focus on themselves, and not others.

  • A Chronicle of my Emotional Reactions to Watching Channel 9's The Bible (The joy. The panic. The heartache)

    The Bible Series, is a Channel 9 telemovie that's been shown on Tuesday nights right across Australia over the last few weeks. Tonight I've decided to watch it for the first time.

  • Young Love and Bungee Jumps

    I can still remember the first time I ever told a girl that I liked her. It was a beautiful winter\'s day with crisp clean air that made each breath feel like I\'d taken fresh-mint gum. I was driving to the lucky lady\'s house (I know - this was the first time I had ever declared my heart to a girl, and I already had my drivers license. I was a late bloomer) with a teenage body full of emotions.

  • On the Eve of an Election - Thoughts from a Candidate's Wife

    \"Come on Tony, isn\'t standing for integrity setting the bar just a little too high?\" asked one reporter. What a sad day it is when \'standing for integrity\' is setting the bar too high.

  • Growing up as a P.K.

    My dad is a pastor, so growing up I got stuck with the label known to every pastor's kid: PK. When I think about this label, a lot of struggles and blessings come to mind. I have grown up in a great and loving family and was lucky enough to be brought up hearing God's word.

  • The battering of marriage

    It is not hard to see in our current Australian society, marriages have taken a severe battering. Sometimes in circles I find myself in, I am the minority because I am not separated or divorced. That simple fact is disturbing to me. And in the wake of the Federal election, Kevin Rudd aims to redefine Australian marriages.

  • The wonder of home

    "I want to see us become a family – the body of Christ become a home for the world." I've had a dream for my life as long as I can remember. Not a daydream or a wishful thinking kind of dream, but an actual dream that comes in the night, whether the darkness is quiet or full of storm.

  • On a wing and a prayer

    David Simmons is not like most NRL wingers, though he is 186cm and 95kg, he is by no means the fastest or the most athletic.

  • What's your Christian 'Bucket List'?

    Life is fleeting, however it normally takes something severe to shake us up to a realization of this. Ephesians tells us to "redeem the time" but do we put it into practice? We only give a brief passing thought to our life when someone close to us dies, when we get severely ill or lose our job. Other times we just plod along creeping ever closer to the day we'll be face to face with the King of Creation.