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David

  • Mark Driscoll uses Thrive leadership conference for message of forgiveness

    Former Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll has appeared at a leadership conference in Sacramento, California in what some observers are seeing as a prelude to a return to active pastoral ministry.

  • Bali Nine case sparks campaign to end capital punishment around the world

    A campaign to abolish the death penalty around the world is gathering pace in Australia following the execution of two convicted drug traffickers in Bali.

  • God's Grace in times of crisis

    She never saw it coming. It had been a typical weekday afternoon. She went to the bank, withdrew cash for paying the monthly bills, went to the KFC to get some chicken for dinner, then headed to the supermarket to buy a few groceries.

  • A place for lament

    Human trafficking places itself at the forefront of human depravity. Risen from 27 million only a few years ago to nearly 36 million it can no longer be ignored by the general populace. What follows is a lament I have written structured after the pattern of Biblical laments.

  • 'I miss you' is not 'I love you'

    I touched on this subject last year and this is a kind of a reminder as I was recently watching \"The Conversation\" with Amanda de Cadenat, an alternate interview series in which the host, Miss de Cadenat, \'interviews\' celebrities through a simple conversation, usually on their own couches in their own homes.

  • Editor Sophia Sinclair flies in and meets Brisbane and Sunshine Coast young writers

    Press Service International\'s young writer program editor Sophia Sinclair flew into Brisbane last Saturday for a three hour luncheon with the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast based young writers.

  • Pacquiao and Mayweather: Two major fights and one misplaced humanity

    Every now and then the world throws humanity an obstacle, often in these times of great confusion and tragedy humanity rises from the ashes and proves its undying value.

  • New Zealand fourth fattest people on earth – behind the US, Mexico and Hungary

    The New Zealand Herald revealed not that long ago in a listed article that last year, New Zealand was named the fourth-fattest country in the OECD, behind the United States, Mexico and Hungary.

  • Am I a bigot for boycotting Halal?

    Why is it that the moment you don\'t support something you get labelled. You are a racist, a fanatic, a bigot. These are all terms thrown at people like me who believe in actual freedom of choice. Apparently, because I don\'t want to pay a religious tax I am an intolerant bigot.

  • Going it alone

    I quite enjoy my own company. I like to read, listen to music, write, sew and many other things that lend themselves to being solitary activities.