What would you say is the most dangerous animal on Earth? Sharks? Snakes? Humans? In some ways the answer depends on how you define dangerous. Surfers around Australia are pretty concerned about sharks at the moment but if you’re deciding according to how many people...
Happiness happens, but joy abides. If happiness is the weather, then joy is the climate. An easy way to remember the difference is that climate is what you expect and the weather is what you get, and likewise optimism and joy are what we expect and life is what...
The other day I was at a regular meeting we have for Uniting Church ministers to reflect on aspects of ethical practice. It varies between being a boring bureaucratic requirement and valuable discipline. As part of the morning activities we pair up with someone and...
My four-year-old grandson never learnt to walk. That was just a stage on the way to learning to run because he runs everywhere. Except when he is riding his bike! He actually taught himself to ride in the aisles of Kmart – without trainer wheels! It’s a recent...
Ever since they did away with that coiled cord that kept the phone never far from its base, households around the country regularly echoed to the sound of the angry cry, “Has anyone seen the phone?” It’s got worse over the years as mobile phones have become mobile...
