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Life Empowers

Life Empowers

On the 24th January 2020, the President of the United States of America delivered a speech at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., that shone a light on the value of women like no other President has done before. .

  • Listening to Gods heart

    It was several years ago, in the first light of the day. The clouds were hazy, I was walking the beach and listening for Gods heart as I watched the waves.

  • Of food and men

    With the deluge of health and fitness trends hitting the mainstream these days it was only a matter of time before some of them would make their way into my secluded alcove.

  • From Adversity to Advocacy

    Spoiler Alert: Wish Man the book or the movie are about the life of Frank Shankwitz.   His life work may be familiar to you even if his name isn’t.

  • What of our pets?  

    I recall this at the time - a Sydney Morning Herald article some years ago by Rick Gladstone taken from the New York Times, Pope Francis comforting a little boy after his beloved pet dog died assured him he was in heaven. 

  • Tram lines

    A young woman greets her male friend with an apologetic embrace for not returning his calls, having only realised that her mobile was on silent while she parked her car on the kerbside cobblestone.

  • Mistakes

    You often see it in television cop shows where one small mistake brings a criminal undone.

  • Can we ever stop writing on Winston Churchill

    55 years ago on 24 January this year - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, one of the greatest political minds and most remarkable characters of the 20th century, died.

  • Raiders of the Hard Rubbish

    In the suburbs of Melbourne’s East it is Hard Rubbish time. The streets are dotted with collections of white goods, cases, toys, baby car seats and, so much mdf and plywood.

  • Apocalypse Now

    C.S. Lewis famously said, “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

  • Worth the suffering

    If you’ve read any of my work, you might have guessed I’m a big fan of Dr. Jordan Peterson; many of my musings echo his thoughts and I find him to be a wealthy source of knowledge and wisdom.

  • Managers on the loose – Churches / Missions

    Real life example  -  some years ago the Guardian published an AAP story that senior Qantas managers were sent packing and a new breed bought in and the comment by top dog Allan Joyce was: