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Footplate Padre and Olympic transfers

Footplate Padre and Olympic transfers

The Footplate Padre, Baptist minister of 31 years Mark Tronson has centered his August article for the \'On Track E-Railway\' magazine on the nature of a locomotive engineman transferring from a Roundhouse depot in one city to another locomotive depot in another city and this reminded him of the \'Beijing Olympic Ministry\'. .

  • On Breaking the Marriage Covenant

    For millennia, the institution of marriage was viewed as a solemn covenant, involving strong obligations and commitment. Recently however many Westerners have come to view marriage as just a mere personal arrangement, which can be treated lightly and dissolved at will.

  • 17th Annual Ryde Community Prayer Breakfast

    "Good Light!" So started Archbishop Aghan Baliozian's greeting to participants of the 17th Annual Ryde Community Prayer Breakfast. The Archbishop went on to explain that for the Armenian community starting the day with this greeting reminded them of the Light of Jesus Christ in which we all need to be led daily.

  • The Olympics and much much more ....

    The Beijing Olympics are under way and our Australian swimmers who are being supported by former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh, are once again doing their thing!

  • One World, One Dream

    Are we ready for the Olympics extravaganza? We in Hong Kong are eagerly waiting for the opening ceremonies on 8th August at 8:08 pm, when the spectacular 17 days of competition begins.

  • Kay Warren tells why she and her husband Rick have been attending the 17th International World AIDS Conference in Mexico City

    Kay Warren, HIV/AIDS advocate, author and executive director of the Saddleback HIV/AIDS Initiative, and her husband Rick, founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and author of best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, were among the many Christians who attended the 17th International World AIDS Conference in Mexico City.

  • Christian Olympians 'witnessing' Christ

    With the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony only two days away, Australian Baptist minister of 31 years Mark Tronson, who has assisted the IOC in drafting a protocol for Olympic Village \'Religious Services\' since 2000, says Christian Olympians have always played a role in any Olympic Games.

  • Australian Olympians and family connections

    "Family connections have always held a \'sacred place\' in the modern Australian Olympic psyche," says Australian Baptist minister, Mark Tronson. As well as being involved in Olympic Religious Services since 1984, Mark has been instrumental in the development of the current Olympic Villages Religious Services protocol.

  • Exclusive interview with Geoff Tunnicliffe

    World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) director Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe is currently in Sydney to meet and communicate with some of Australia's most respected Christian leaders.

  • The signs of God's love are found in ordinary places

    In this year\'s Easter message, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland General Assembly, the Rt Rev Sheilagh Kesting, reminds Christians that the love of God can be found in ordinary places.

  • Art's Prints, Promotions and Advertising

    Well-Being Australia\'s \'Art Ministry\' not only involves \'art for art\'s sake\', \'art as a means of benevolence for the young\', \'art as environmental awareness\' and \'art as a means to raise funding\', but it also involves the most difficult part of art, that of its marketing.

  • Joshua video series

    The 'Book of Joshua' is the topic of Cricket chaplain Mark Tronson's latest one-minute video bible teaching series. It can be viewed at http://www.bushorchestra.com/video/VideoGallery.html