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Photo  -    Liana Monaghan, Delma Tronson and Jo Fuller young writer conference -  realistic considerations In recent months on social media has been an enormous amount of chatter on the perils of political correctness. Even our politicians have been on this band wagon claiming this or that was political correctness gone mad. Christian writers including me over recent years have waxed lyrical on this subject. The problem is that it gets locked in with bureaucracies. Once that happens the seemingly only way to reverse is through the courts. This is such an example. Some years ago an over...

Photo  -   Rev Simon Manchester, a hero of the faith Who are heroes of the faith? I can name two. There are oodles of people such as these two who might be referred to as such. In my life time these are two of them. My wife Delma and I initiated our faith financed sports ministry in 1982 in association with Heads of Churches, and like many other Missions, we raised our own funding for our living needs and ministry expenses. In an interview on the Australian Missionary News IPTV, Delma Tronson said that when we moved from a secure income into faith financed mission, she laid her heart out ...

Photo  -   “The Song of Australia” being sung by Delma Tronson and three others at ANZAC Cove, 1999 A question in recent weeks leading up to last Saturday’s Federal election related to veterans and considering the succour for those loved ones who died in service and those who returned with a whole different perspective. Way back in 2012  -  I wrote of this in Christian Today - "Is there a 'true value' or a 'relative value' of our servicemen and women" – it was rated as one of the Best of 2012 in Christian Today Australia, this was written: "The nation can never 'wear the shoes' ...

Photo - International’s editor Josh Robbie 1 January 2021 spells out a new year for Well-Being Australia and this would be a good idea for a new year article. The first thing to note is the excitement of any church who plants a new congregation and to witness that new Christian work develop, expand and become established on its own two feet. This happened mid year at the church we worship – Living Temple Christian Church (Tugun Baptist) (lower Gold Coast) who planted a new church at Coolanagatta and now a third fellowship at Banora Point just across the NSW border. So too Well-Being Aust...

Photo  -    Tales of the Footplate Revised by the Footplate Padre One of the articles I wrote as Footplate Padre for the On Track railway e-magazine was driving a freight train from Port Kembla to Sydney's Enfield good's yard. Enfield railway freight yard in the heart of Sydney's west saw trains come in, their wagons shunted into trains for various Sydney freight yard destinations and other trains made up for external trips either inter-state or to the various regional destinations. It was imperative that incoming train crews were conversant with the Enfield yard as one could very easily...