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David

  • Cyclone…shaken but not stirred

    Over the past couple of weeks our eyes and ears have been exposed to the news of the devastating onslaught of numerous cyclones hitting land across the Pacific.

  • War Graves a major issue for Australians

    Earlier this year I like many Australians went to the cinema to view Russell Crowe\'s \'The Water Diviner\'.

  • Canadian pastor last seen in North Korea remains missing

    A Canadian pastor of Korean descent who went to North Korea in late January remains missing.

  • Richard Madden hopes audiences will learn from Cinderella just how powerful love is

    Kenneth Branagh\'s Cinderella is the embodiment of kindness and bravery, but lead actor Richard Madden who plays Prince Charming in the film believes that audiences can learn a lot about the power of love from the characters too.

  • Hacker group Anonymous releases Twitter accounts of 9,200 ISIS supporters

    Hacker group Anonymous is once again hitting back at the Islamic State by releasing details of 9,200 Twitter accounts belonging to the extremist group\'s supporters.

  • My sourdough brings all the birds to the yard

    It\'s around this time of the year most people have struggled, failed and conveniently forgotten about their impulsive New Years resolutions.

  • Why I (unlike Tolkien) write Christian fiction

    I am a firm believer that if the gospel is not preached, then who will hear it? There are many Christians that write for a secular market who say they are glorifying God through writing for a secular audience with only a secular point of view. They even insist that their readership will be able to (somehow) see Christ reflected in their works.

  • An all stop freighter in 1968 was my first steam engine firing trip

    My parents were dairy farmers at Crediton (Eungella) on the great dividing range west of Mackay Queensland and moved into the Mackay township in 1955 after my father suffered a horse accident during a cyclone when herding ion the milking cows.

  • Feeding the minnows to the sharks

    Most cricket fans would be currently following the World Cup, whether through TV for those lucky enough to have pay tv (apparently Channel 9 thinks us so parochial as not to warrant bothering to broadcast matches not involving Australia) or through the various websites that carry coverage and ball-by-ball commentary.

  • Thailand – my teacher

    A week after handing in my thesis, I jumped on a plane and moved to Thailand. I went there to work with an incredible organization helping displaced people from decades of war in Burma.