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When I wrote the first part to “Preparing for the Unexpected”, I had no idea that the worst disaster in Australian history was about to unfold less than an hour from my home.
No-one did.
Record high temperatures (47C/117F), gale force winds, and 10 years of drought combined to create a deadly fire that swooped [...]

So, you’ve smacked your child and had no good result from it.  The conclusion you have come to is that ‘it doesn’t work’.
To me, that smacks of an arrogance that says “I know better than God”.  The belief that smacking doesn’t work has become a High Place in many people’s minds as it [...]

It was early 2005, and I was sitting, listening as a minister spoke at a friend’s wedding. In front of me, sat a man I knew to be the minister of a local church. The presiding minister, knowing that there are diverse views on how a marriage should function, bravely brought up the subject of ‘roles’ [...]

I was blessed at a ‘Blessing Day’ yesterday.
“What,” I hear you ask, “is a Blessing Day?”
Well, we have friends with four children.  When each of those children are around 13 -14 years of age, the parents set aside a day in which they welcome their child into adulthood.  It is a significant day in the [...]