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The death of the AIS?

The death of the AIS?

Since 1981 the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra has been the engine room for elite sporting performance. Birthed from international sporting failures in the 1970’s the AIS bred success through the 80’s, 90’s and at 2000 Sydney Olympics..

  • New mindset for 2019

    A famous speaker once quoted, “No matter what struggles, circumstances or experience you’ve had, it’s how you interpret it that will shape your world.” I believe there is truth to this statement. What we believe, we live out, and it would eventually shape our future.

  • A hope filled heart

    Hope seems to be on our mind constantly at the start of each year. It’s a time where we can believe in ourselves to achieve great things and we believe we can see transformation in our lives and even believe we can finally have the healthy lifestyle we really want.

  • An eternal inheritance

    Happy New Year to you all. The inspiration for this article was a question posed on Quora. For those of you who are not familiar, Quora is a question-and-answer website where all kinds of questions are asked, answered, edited and organised by the community of users. The particular question on Quora which caught my attention was: If you found out you were the direct descendant of a king or queen, would that boost your self-esteem or have no effect on you at all?

  • Homeward bound

    Home. A concept revolving around the idea of a place where we live. It is often defined, permanent, and singular. The idea of “home” is intertwined throughout our everyday life; as we meet new people we ask “where are you from?” or “where abouts do you live?” It’s a simple enough question, but becomes complicated when home is not defined.

  • A conversation with my old friends

    Before moving to New Zealand last year, my days would consist of going to school, hanging out with friends outside of school, and other small things here and there. This group of friends I had were gathered over my middle school and beginning of high school days.

  • Asked to play Santa

    The teenage granddaughter of a trader at our daughters’ farmers’ market asked would I play Santa on the last Saturday before Christmas Day.

  • Being open to learn

    As the New Year begins I urge everyone to be open to learning. Do not close your mind, because the New Year will bring new challenges requiring new knowledge.

  • Hunting for good will

    If there’s one story I was sick of hearing, it’s this. I learned it at School. I learned it at Sunday School. It featured in every second sermon and every third rebuke. It’s the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

  • I’m giving you your strength back

    Coming into the new year, everyone reflects on their past. They think on what they can change, how they can pursue their dreams, ridding themselves of old habits, and renewing themselves for a fresh start.

  • Live organ harvesting in China

    I recently saw a 2017 documentary on YouTube called “Harvested Alive: The 10 Year Investigation” which was very startling and compiles a broad amount of evidence showing the large-scale live organ harvesting of State labelled dissidents, predominantly Falun Gong practitioners in China since 1999.

  • We all need a Logan

    A few days ago, a grandfather like figure in my life passed away. I first met Logan four years ago when I began pastoring at my current church. One Sunday after our morning service, he invited me to his 90th birthday party.