Mark Tronson
Press Service International
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children
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Online education
On-line studies as the new wave of education and how that in itself is turning the lives of those in academe upside down. I recall Tim Stephens, a senior lecturer in public international law at the University of Sydney (some years ago), said his colleagues would sometimes receive hundreds of emails and several mobile phone calls a week.
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Laguna Quays Respite enjoying mission visitors
The Whitsundays Laguna Quays Respite coordinated by Well-Being Australia for missions and has been enjoying mission visitors - now in its eighth year the Whitsundays mission respite facility has provided many mission families / couples and chaplains - a much deserved rest and recuperation.
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Wonderful tears in Salvation stories
During the late 60s and early 70s I was a young man who followed the Lord and engaged in both a busy working life and elite sport. Yet, the most exciting part of my life at that time, was reading and hearing stories of ordinary people finding eternal Salvation in Jesus Christ.
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IT nerds in mission
An article in my archives drew my attention - the Sydney Morning Herald’s Lucy Bettersby wrote fewer people than ever before are retaining their telephone landlines. Now it is 2019 – no surprise at all.
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Young writers conf., not too far off
The 2019 young writers annual conference set for Saturday 10 August at the Craigieburn Salvation Army (75 Interlink Dr) is not too far off, 2 days over three weeks.
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22 drownings in December last year
Sunday 23 December Channel 7 News Mackay - 22 drownings from the start of December - most of them tourists.
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Life time friends
A full copy of the Adelong and Tumut Express newspaper dated 14 January 1949 is in the air-tight family archive chest. It became obvious why this newspaper was kept. There were several news and social gossip columns that were of interest.
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One Day in Melbourne – Planned
The 4th ‘One Day in Melbourne’ for missions’ communications personnel this year will be held at Craigieburn Salvation Army on Saturday 10 August.
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Bitter betrayal
An article from my archives from the Sydney Morning Herald, journalist Daniel Flitton discussed Kevin Rudd's once close relationship with the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, which he wrote, has now disintegrated.
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Internationals ‘standing alone’
The Press Service International (PSI) young writer program in conjunction with Christian Today saw the Kiwi young writers ‘stand alone’ in January this year, and as from Cycle 7 after the August young writer conference, the international young writers will ‘stand alone’.