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They came from the South again

They came from the South again

The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and the Japanese attack on Darwin on February 19th, 1942 were a mere 10 weeks apart. The Japanese used the same aircraft carriers and flight crews, and the same plan for the attack route, in that the aircraft went around their target and attacked from the south – not from the north, which may have been expected. .

  • Christians called to pray for Muslims during Ramadan

    Open Doors USA has launched a campaign to urge Christians to pray for Muslims during the month of Ramadan.

  • USS Arizona Memorial

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson says that he was emotionally moved to have visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbour recently.

  • Caritas Australia takes on the City2Surf this Be More Weekend

    On Sunday, August 8 Caritas Australia's staff and supporters will chart the 14 kilometre City2Surf course in Sydney, raising vital funds to break the cycle of poverty in the world's most vulnerable communities.

  • Those who rub each other the wrong way

    Well-Being Australia chairman, Mark Tronson, was one day listening to a school teacher chatting away about his lifetime career, when he suddenly wondered aloud how any school teacher, anywhere, can best handle a situation where for no reason whatever, a student simply rubs them up the wrong way.

  • Volunteer physiotherapist amazed by work done with hospital ship

    Nick spent nearly six months serving as a volunteer with Mercy Ships onboard the Africa Mercy, the world's largest charity hospital ship, in the West African nation of Togo. He says a friend had raved about Mercy Ships and what an amazing way it would be to demonstrate God's love in a very practical way. "I looked into it, fell in love with the idea, and literally jumped onboard."

  • The Kings Highway

    The Kings Highway runs between Batemans Bay on the New South Wales south coast and Canberra, the national capital. From the coast, this major road climbs Clyde Mountain, and once over the top, it sidles past the great plains where sheep and more sheep graze, past the townships Braidwood and Bungendore and the city of Queanbeyan and then to Canberra itself.

  • Tearfund launches aid app for iPhone

    Tearfund has launched a new campaigning application for the iPhone and iPad, the first of its kind to be launched by an aid group in the UK.

  • Winter, then the Summer

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister says that Winter is Australia\'s unsung season and suggests several reasons for this strange claim.

  • Aunties & Uncles program joins the Wesley Mission family

    The future of a NSW community service which offers crucial support to vulnerable and at risk children has been assured.

  • South Pacific at Baptist World Congress

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson and a Baptist Minister is at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Hawaii which began on Wednesday 28 July and runs through to Sunday 1 August and has noted the large South Pacific contingent.

  • Growing up and Coming of Age are very different

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson is intrigued by the various public mechanisms that Australian society provides for young people to \'come of age\' but seem less concerned about those same young people \'growing up\'.