Mark Tronson

Christians Tourism to Israel Continues to Grow  (PSI Best of 2018)

Elite Athlete Depression is Instinctively Known

This is perennial and I’m only scratching the surface with these illustrations. The Sydney Morning Herald's Amanda Hoh in her article on Ian Thorpe's acknowledgement he needed help is something that was instinctively known.

Anzac 5 - Becoming Complicit or Apathetic (PSI Best of 2018)

Anzac means many things to many people and innumerable philosophical lessons have been of instruction to successive generations. One important subject that often gets lost in the stories of Anzac reflect the issue of complicity and apathy whether you're aware of it or not. It can be tricky.

Sport Writers - big year ahead   

Jeremy Dover, David Goodwin, Wes Tronson, Josh Hinds and Phil Hall are our sport writers, who week at a time, each write a sport article once every five weeks and they have a big year ahead.

Footplate Padre - Pulling Together Out West (PSI Best of 2019)

New South Wales Government Railways locomotive crews in the days of steam out the back blocks of the state such as at Nyngan Locomotive Depot, everyone worked together to get their trains over long difficult dusty destinations, especially in mid-summer.

It Led to Inevitable War (PSI Best of 2018)

In our family archives is a newspaper cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald dated Thursday 30 March 1939, with a photograph of Adolf Hitler the Chancellor of Germany sitting with Czechoslovakia's President Hacha.

Contemplating the Cross on a Beautifully Timbered… (PSI Best of 2018)

A valid question for Pastors, Ministers and Theologians is - when contemplating the Cross of Christ - where might be a good place to be still for contemplation.

Australia Day - 'national back to basics'

We as a nation celebrate on Saturday 'Australia Day' on the 26 January. It is the one day of the year where the Australian Flag comes out in mass, displayed on cars and houses alike. Its citizens take a deep breath, offering a quiet thank you for this bountiful country, and enjoy a variety of measures to celebrate such a nation.

Queen Victoria said it and it resonates (PSI Best of 2018)

Over four years ago now I wrote an article relating to Her Royal Highness, Queen Victoria, who in her long widowhood was alleged to have said ‘We Are Not Amused’, and then listed some of the then current issues for which Australians were not amused.

Learning from ants! (PSI Best of 2018)

The ant has always been seen as an analogy for industriousness and order in our society.  There is Aesop's Fable about the Ant and the Grasshopper. Versions of this have been found in fables of much older origin.