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Monkey mugging 2008-09-01 21:38:06 I was reading this morning that A 25 year old woman was taken to hospital after being mugged by a monkey for a box of egg tarts at a bus stop in Hong Kong.
The story at The Earth Times says the monkey made its move just after the woman got off a bus for a [...]
Is childcare a form of abuse? 2008-08-30 18:51:14 Author Mem Fox has opened up a controversial debate by claiming that childcare for very young children is child abuse
.
According to this article at News.com.au, Mem believes that society will look back on the trend of allowing babies only a few weeks old to be put into childcare and wonder, “How could we have allowed [...]
The perfect fit 2008-08-28 20:31:53 I’m very pleased to say that I now fit my bike perfectly.
After all the years I’ve been cycling I finally got around to getting a professional fitting. I’ve cycled thousands of kilometres and always just set up things like seat height based on what I’d read and how it felt.
I figured that I’d let the [...]
Life is a risk 2008-08-25 21:56:33 As a parent you like to know that your children are doing their best at school.
What you don’t want to hear is that your child has done something that may get them suspended. So imagine how a Townsville mum felt recently when she found that her daughter was in danger of suspension … for doing [...]
The sad life and death of Dolores Aguilar 2008-08-21 08:39:38 What do you hope people will say about you when you die? Does it really matter to you?
Sometimes I wonder who’ll turn up at my funeral when my life here is over. Will those who do show up have good things to say or will their silence tell a different story?
I will have no chance [...] Read more:Aguilar
, death
, Dolores
Oprah’s Sprirituality 2008-08-20 22:00:53 I must admit that I haven’t seen a lot of Oprah
over the years but what I have seen just serves to confirm that she’s the ultimate television professional.
Her programme, The Oprah Winfrey Show, has earned a number Emmy Awards and is the highest rating talk show in the history of television.
According to Wikipedia, she [...]
Oh Yeah! 2008-08-19 02:46:46 There comes a point when it’s no longer helpful to throw good money into maintaining an old bike. You end up spending a lot of money and still having an old bike.
I guess I got to that point earlier this afternoon when I made the decision to buy the Avanti Cadent 1.0 from Ward Cycles [...]
Replacing our families with faith 2008-08-18 22:16:41 I had an interesting email from a reader a few days ago. He said that he no longer considers himself a Christian because he doesn’t agree with living “some of the ways we should live as Christians”.
He says doesn’t feel bad or guilty about it, in fact he feels happy that he’s doing what makes [...]
Do we need a Christian Twitter? 2008-09-21 23:51:49 I spotted an interesting article on TechCrunch a few days ago.
In the post Gospelr: Twitter
For Christian
s, Don Reisinger wrote about a brand new service specifically for Christians. Gospelr is microblogging for Christians and can even be set up to send posts to Twitter.
It’s got some interesting features that make life easier for users such [...]
World Carfree Day 2008-09-21 21:08:16 I didn’t know until a very short while ago that today is World
Carfree Day.
We’re all supposed to be ditching our cars today in favour of public transport, walking or cycling.
I guess I’ve done my bit by cycling to work as I usually do.
The organisers are very keen for people to get out of their [...]
Sometimes a stain is just a stain 2008-09-21 18:01:07 Isn’t it amazing what an over active imagination can do?
(If the video doesn’t load in your browser, click here.) Read more:Sometimes
Compassion Bloggers heading to Dominican Republic 2008-09-18 17:52:11 Compassion is taking a group of bloggers to the DominicanRepublic
in November.
I spent a few days there in May this year after we had to leave Haiti due to the food riots.
They’ve written about the trip on the Compassion Blog in the post Blog Trip to the Dominican Republic.
I’ve seen first hand the amazing [...] Read more:Compassion
Unforgivable Sin 2008-09-16 22:31:34 How far is too far?
Can a deed be so dark that there’s no pardon or forgiveness from God?
While we don’t seem to hear people talking about sin so much these days we still know that there are things that cross the line.
Can we be forgiven for murder? Are sexual crimes unforgivable? Is there forgiveness for [...]
Swans ready to take the flag 2008-09-13 19:12:41 Next Sunday afternoon I intend to be at Subiaco Oval.
For the first time in 18 years, Swan Districts will be playing in a Grand Final.
I’m sure that most people would be picking Subiaco to grab their third Premiership in a row, but win, lose or draw, Swans have had a remarkable year and taking the [...] Read more:ready
Your words are powerful 2008-09-10 20:18:56 I’m just wiping the tears away after reading this post at the Compassion International Blog.
One of the things that really hit home for me during my trip to Haiti and Dominican Republic with Compassion Australia was the extreme importance of writing letters to sponsored children. Hearing the children talking about their sponsors and the overwhelming [...]
He’s Back! 2008-09-09 19:43:04 Ever since he retired from professional cycling there have been rumours that Lance Armstrong would make a comeback, so when the latest rumours started circulating I figured that I wouldn’t believe them until I heard the words from from Lance’s own mouth.
If you click here you’ll see Lance telling the world that he’s back.
As well [...]
When your god dies 2008-10-08 21:17:04 Whether you believe in a supreme being or not you’d have to admit that humans have an inbuilt desire to worship. You might not call it worship but we do have a strong tendency to raise people or things high on the pedestals of our desire.
We worship other people, money, success and many other things [...]
Letting your children go 2008-10-06 22:36:53 I was reading this story at News.com.au this morning about a mother who had to drop her toddler ten metres from a fairground ride that had malfunctioned. Scary stuff.
Sherri Pinkerton and her daughter Gracie got stuck on the Crazy Bus ride at the fair in Port Orange, Florida, when it suddenly restarted as they were [...] Read more:Letting
Romancing your spouse 2008-10-06 20:10:33 Today’s challenge is to pick a couple of items (or more) from the list and put them into action.
Christianity Today has published a list writen by Jill Savage titled The Most (Unusual) Romantic Things. It’s a list of 20 simple ideas that will help you let your ’significant other’ that you’re thinking of them. Go [...]
Neat as a pin 2008-10-05 21:06:25 What does it really mean? Sure, I get the idea that it means that it’s clean and tidy but how neat is a pin?
As we continue to prepare our home for sale I’m occasionally looking for homes on line. We’re not looking too seriously yet as our main task is getting our home on the [...]
The show continues 2008-09-29 17:53:18 I’m not convinced that I could eat an ice cream that size all at once … but I’d give it a fairly good try.
I’m about to head off for my third day at this year’s Perth Royal Show. It’s day four of the show but I had Sunday off. I’m broadcasting my radio programme on [...]
Bike for Bibles 2009 2008-09-26 00:54:12 This is a photo of me during a rest day on my most recent Bike for Bibles ride. It was in India back in 2005 and I’m sitting on the throne of Jahangir at Agra’s Red Fort. Over my shoulder you can see the Taj Mahal.
The throne of Jahangir was built in 1602. They sure [...]
More wisdom from Father Bob 2008-09-25 20:49:47 I’ll have something here for you to read later.
Until then, you should be reading Father
Bob Maguire’s post School Holidays.
FAST for FOOD - Day One 2008-10-31 16:00:53 FAST for FOOD starts today and is a response to the Global Food Crisis that is threatening millions of lives.
If this is the first you’ve heard of this initiative of Compassion you can read my earlier posts. Every 7 Seconds … and FAST for FOOD Explained.
Each day throughout November I’ll be posting a short Bible [...] Read more:Day One
How to tell if a credit card is stolen 2008-10-30 18:17:15 If the signature on the back of a credit
card matches the signature of the person presenting the card there’s a fair chance it’s stolen
. I’m working on a similar kind of logic as the well known fact that if you look exactly like the photo in your passport, you’re too sick to travel.
We were [...]
FAST for FOOD - Week One 2008-10-30 16:00:17 FAST for FOOD starts tomorrow.
If this is the first you’ve heard of this initiative of Compassion you can read my earlier posts. Every 7 Seconds … and FAST for FOOD Explained.
It’s certainly not too late to get involved and to start making a huge difference for the 300 million children who will go to bed [...]
Global Food Crisis 2008-10-29 16:00:08 This video from Compassion gives a little of the background for the Global
Food Crisis
.
If you care enough to want to see change and to save the lives of those who are suffering the most, please consider joining me on the FAST for FOOD throughout November.
Please read my previous post Every 7 Seconds … for [...]
Post Secret 2008-10-28 22:11:46 What’s your secret? Is there something that gnaws away inside you that you wish you could share with someone?
I spotted this article from OC Register a few weeks back. It talks about how Frank Warren’s plan to create a unique art exhibit has turned into an international phenomenon.
In preparation for a local art show, Frank [...]
FAST for FOOD Explained 2008-10-28 16:00:52 Yesterday in my post Every 7 Seconds … I introduced FAST for FOOD an initiative of Compassion which is happening throughout November.
If you missed yesterday’s post can I encourage you to read through and decide if you’ll be part of this life saving event?
I’m especially passionate about doing something to help after seeing the extreme [...]
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