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We should help, shouldn’t we?

We should help, shouldn’t we?

When I was younger, I always thought helping others meant the needy, as in those who are poor, who don't have enough money. To me, giving money was the main way to help others..

  • Inspirational Athletes: Julian Spence

    Champion Australian marathoner, Robert de Castella, explains, “A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication!"

  • I wished for a dream that would burn my skin

    When I was a little girl, my world that I gazed through my little eyes was full of colours.

  • The comparison trap

    From the earliest time in human history, society has been determined that everything should be measurable and quantifiable. That way, we are able to determine something’s worth.

  • Peter Norman finally recognised by AOC

    In August 2012 I wrote the following from the $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize. “A white hero for Black Australia” art work by Richard Bell was a finalist in the 2012 Basil Sellers $100,000 Sport-Art Prize (Melbourne) and the image of one of our most famous in Olympic history.

  • How God turned my loneliness from a burden into a blessing (Romans 8:28 Lived out)

    One movie I really enjoy is “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, I love the idea of a huge family where everyone is really close and there is always food and festivity happening!

  • Little by little

    Last week I saw a bill board for the latest action movie. It was headlined ‘Big meets Bigger’.

  • Seven Principles from the Song of Songs

    What is the Song of Songs all about? Is it about wisdom regarding sexuality? Or simply a collection of love poems from Solomon?

  • Israel turned 70 with a population of 8.8m

    Israel turned 70 last week. In the year David Ben-Gurion declared the State's establishment, only one city in Israel, At that time Tel Aviv and Jaffa had a population of over 100,000 residents.

  • I don’t like statues of Buddha – why?

    ‘Refresh your tired lounge décor,’ ran the headline of the magazine article.

  • When more is less

    I was at a dinner party last night, and the chat was fantastic. In one brief lull, our host picked up a dessert spoon and said, “Imagine that this was worth $100,000,000. You get it right now. What would you do?”

  • Hope in pain

    I’m sure not many of us had heard of the small Canadian town of Humboldt; there really isn’t all that much to know about the town of about 6,000 people in the province of Saskatchewan.