Money lessons for the young
My parents were what one might call \'thrifty\' as many of their generation were. This was a generation who had come through the Great Depression in the late 1920s and early 1930s. As a farming family, they had needed to live on very little actual income at times (although they had assets in the way of the land and stock), and my father was a 'bush carpenter' of note and could make the family comfortable by making almost anything at all from the materials at hand. .
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The working mum organisation dilemma
I have a 10-year-old son on my own, I work 25 hours per week managing a Swim School, some nights not returning home until well after 5.30pm, I attend a Home Group, I like Facebook, I write, I read, I make mini movies/promotional clips as a hobby, and my son also has his own little life with sports, homework and friends.
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The godly and wisdom
It has been my fortunate lot to have been with older people in my teenage years, and then all during my working life from the time I was a locomotive engineman to my long years in Christian ministry. As such, it has been my privilege to seek their wisdom.
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ANZAC 2011
As a nation, we hold two very significant dates as public holidays. One is religious (Easter) and the other is national (Anzac Day).
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Winston Churchill – his policies and his legend
Winston Churchill was a larger than life public figure when I was growing up during the 1950s. Although he was the wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain, his legends and his pronouncements were well-publicised in the Anglophile Australia of that time. Many adult men of our acquaintance had been overseas fighting during World War II, or had been in 'protected occupations' growing food, as my father was; and many children of the time had a parent or grandparent who had come from England, as I
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Images of Anzac
My son who lived in England for seven years. explained that in the UK, our equivalent of Anzac Day (April 25th – the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – ANZAC – landed at Gallipoli), is Remembrance Day, also called Armistice Day. It is always celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the eleventh month, when the armistice was signed to end the Great War, 1914-18.
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Standing firm...(Israel)
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netenyanhu, has said that approval of the construction of \'\'several hundred housing units within the settlement blocs\'\' of several new Israeli settlements within the former Palestinian 'territories' had been given, despite the tragic murder of a family of five, as they slept, in one of the newer settlements already built.
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1935 European Wedding of the Year
Rifling through the family archive air tight chest recently I came across a newspaper photograph of the wedding of Nazi Germany\'s Hermann Göring to Emmy Sonnermann which took place on 10 April 1935.
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Demystified youth mentoring
The concept of mentoring is not a new one and it is not unfamiliar in today's world. It is taught, discussed and implemented in so many facets of society, most commonly in schools, churches and across a broad spectrum of business and industry.
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My country (France) has just gone to war
I was checking into a hotel recently when the news reached Australia. Just behind the main desk a flat screen showed that France (my nation) had started air strikes against Libya.
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Sport's lessons
It has come to that time of the year again, when many men are getting their lounge chairs ready, remotes primed and voices prepared for the start of the winter sporting season. I myself will confess that I love this time of year, seeing all the teams running out, new players, new coaches and sometimes new rules.
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The fear factor
As a young child, I lived a life like most young children do, free from the fears of failure. I was a kid striving to be perfect in everything I did, not because of what people thought of me or the expectations of my family, but simply because I wanted to be good at what I did. Whether it was aspects of my school work or shooting goals for netball, striving for perfection was a fun goal, something I took a lot of pride in.