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Under pressure

Under pressure

Walking home after a depressing seven hours spent in the library working on an assignment, I came across a bumper sticker on a car that read, "When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!" I laughed. .

  • The humble hero: a WWII mission aviation legacy

    Meeting Trevor Strong is like meeting a long lost friend. His warmth and graciousness are the first things I notice as I shake hands with one of the men who, in the midst of the horrors of WWII, dreamed that aircraft could be used for a better purpose.

  • Dirty feelers and bountiful bottoms

    I am a sensitive soul. My grandmother and mother have remarked on it for as long as I can remember, naturally in hushed undertones that sound something along the lines of, "Gosh, she can be fragile," "Shhh, she'll hear you and you'll set her off!"

  • Parenting: Valuable lessons from our children

    Before becoming a mum, I thought parenting was all about how I teach my children and what they’ll learn from me. I envisioned them learning from what I say, the way I behave and my experiences. After all, I’m the adult and matured one in this relationship.

  • Come out come out, wherever you are

    I like to think of myself a smart person, but sometimes I am actually an idiot. At my office, only the senior management team have the power to lock up the building at the end of the night. This means once they leave, you leave. One night I was working late and there was only one manager left in the building.

  • Weddings, wine and an ordinary time

    A few weeks ago I was celebrating the wedding of two of my friends. It was a fantastic day—beautiful sunshine, amazing people and a joyful ceremony to make their marriage official.

  • Slowly working on it: How to play the marriage game before he puts a ring on it

    I have come to the rather sudden realisation that pre-marital dating isn't just about avoiding sex, with the main focus being not taking one's clothes off.

  • Commercial sport: The hungry beast

    In Australia we have a small population compared to our dizzying desire to being the best at all and any sport. I have yet to hear of an Australian Sumo wrestler world champion but I am sure there is a passionate young person with dreams to wear the mawashi on the dohyō in Japan.

  • Tap into God’s autocorrect for life

    Predictive and autocorrect on smartphones are supposed to help us out. But they’re not always right—and sometimes they’re laughably wrong. Like when you say you’re ‘auditioning your kids’, only to have autocorrect change that to ‘auctioning your kids’.

  • A journey worth taking: A series on Wisdom (part 1)

    The story of the meeting of the Queen of Sheba and Solomon, the King of Jerusalem is found at 1 Kings chapter 10 and 2 Chronicles chapter 9. So what does a Biblical story from thousands of years ago have to do with you and me today?

  • Church drop out—because you haven't read enough about this already

    If you happen to be a human that has been connected to wifi life support over the last few weeks you would have unavoidably noticed renewed interest in the issue of young people leaving the church. Surprise everyone, it happens.

  • Taking the plunge…

    A recent survey of people under 30 asked when they saw themselves as adults. Many thought they became adults around the age of 30. No longer is 21 the key to adulthood.