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• Christopher Columbus
  on May 20, 2013 in Christopher Columbus discovery of the new world Principle Centered Leadership Steven Covey
  Recently I read a story about Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), who challenged the conventional wisdom of his day by choosing to sail west to reach the Indies rather than east, the way every other mariner had gone. That was a commitment that set him...
• Help!!!!
  on May 11, 2013 in Help God help me help prayer Self Care
  All of us have gone through times when the world has got you down and you are having a terrible, horrible, no-good, bad day. You are too tired to think straight, you’re in a big hurry, and you’re mad at everybody…. Pray… ̶...
• The Joy’s of Families
  on May 4, 2013 in The Joy's of Families mother's day Parenting respect
  Last week we celebrated Mother’s Day, but as I pondered that I was challenged to consider my own role as a father and husband. It is all too easy to see what others need to do to improve, but harder to actually see where I need to do more work! Out...
• Peppa Pig Games
  on May 3, 2013 in Peppa Pig Games Peppa Pig Peppa pig episodes Peppa pig games Peppa pig toys Peppa pig world
  When my grandson was celebrating his 3rd birthday, he wanted a party with Peppa Pig and we had lots of fun putting it together. The Peppa Pig Party food was scrumptious and the games were a heap of fun. We chose 4 fun games, which proved to be suffic...
• Resilience of the Australian Bush
  on Apr 26, 2013 in Resilience of the Australian Bush recovery from bush fire steps to coping with grief and loss
  Every day as I drive down Mate’s Gully Road I am amazed by the resilience of the Australian bush. Just two months ago it was devastated by a bush fire, leaving a blackened wasteland of dead trees. Over this last couple of months we have had very li...
• What are You Committed To?
  on Apr 19, 2013 in What Are You Committed To? Mahatma Gandhi seven things that will destroy us short cuts
  We live in a very fast moving world. We want everything NOW! We are reluctant to  wait, it is too much hard work to save up, so we buy on credit. Therefore we should not be surprised that many of the young people I have spoken with recently have ado...
• 10 Tips to Cope With Stress
  on Apr 10, 2013 in 10 Tips to Cope with Stress coping with stress Positive Attitude practical steps for stress management stress management
  One of the continuing issues I deal with is people struggling to cope with stress. The fact is stress is not in itself bad, and it can be a positive motivating force for good, depending on the level of stress and how well you cope with it. Everybody...
• The Law of Balance.
  on Apr 3, 2013 in Self Care Mental balance. Physical balance Spiritual balance
  The law of balance is universal. This became painfully obvious while trying to master a new set of orthotics, and wondering why the same old shoes now gave me new blisters! When the foundations are altered, there are a whole series of changes that mu...
• Peppa Pig Party Food and Fun
  on Mar 31, 2013 in Peppa Pig Party Food and Fun Peppa Pig Peppa pig episodes Peppa pig games Peppa Pig party ideas Peppa pig toys Peppa pig world
  Children love watching the Peppa Pig Series. Peppa Pig is a relatively new series aimed at young children with each episode lasting only five minutes. My grandson wanted to invite Peppa Pig to his 3rd birthday party, and it was a lot of fun. Here is...
• Anger Management
  on Mar 26, 2013 in Anger Management
  Recently as I reviewed what I had been doing, it looked pretty heavy. I have spent lots of time with people helping them deal with tension. It seems that there are lots of people who are angry, angry with the world, angry with family, angry with the...
• What Is Easter All About?
  on Mar 25, 2013 in What Is Easter All About? Easter Long weekend Meaning of Easter
  What does Easter mean to you? Is it just an excuse for a four day long weekend, or is it something more? Obviously there are some  who have to work, but  most of us have a choice how we use it, which will give a hint as to what it really means . .
• Preparing for Easter
  on Mar 21, 2013 in Preparing for Easter Easter Holy Week Lent Palm Sunday Philip Yancey suffering the cross
  This Sunday is Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of what is often called Holy week, culminating in Easter. For many here at RAAF Wagga all that means is a great long weekend which will allow them to go home and catch up with family and friends. B...
• 6 Keys to Change Management
  on Mar 20, 2013 in 6 Keys to Change Management change management creativity grow through changes self confidence stress management
  It probably comes as no surprise that (as somebody else has said) the only constant in the universe is change! Those changes affect every aspect of our lives, and the older I get the more I think that it would be nice if we could just slow the pace a...
• Open Your Eyes
  on Mar 12, 2013 in Open Your Eyes accepting differences feeling listening respect seeing
  This week I read that you blink twenty five times every minute. Each blink takes you about one-fifth of a second. So, if you take a trip to Sydney from Wagga Wagga, say about 500kms, travelling at 100kph, then, if my calculations are correct, you wou...
• Hope for Stressed Out People
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Hope for Stressed Out People delegate pray prioritise procrastination stress management
  As I looked back over what I have been saying and doing this week (as well as trying to take on board what others have been saying to me) I realised that it was time to do another article on handling stress. Life as part of RAAF Base Wagga is inheren...
• 6 Steps to Becoming a Better Leader
  on Feb 28, 2013 in 6 Steps to Becoming a Better Leader communication Leadership listening
  We all want to be heard, the trouble is that we often go about it the wrong way. Raising the volume or adding more colourful adjectives just doesn’t seem to work! The communication process seems so simple but daily I talk to people who feel tha...
• Purpose of a Gumi Race
  on Feb 25, 2013 in Purpose of a Gumi Race community participation Gumi Race life goals Wagga Wagga RAAF Base
  Last weekend I had the privilege of watching a gumi race on the Murrumbidgee River. But what on earth is a gumi race? When I was a kid it would have been called a raft race, with the buoyancy proved by car, truck or tractor inner tubes. There were a...
• Second Chances
  on Feb 20, 2013 in Second Chance Encouragement forgiveness second chances
  It was one of those experiences that I wanted to forget and is now over 30 years in the past. Mike, the youth leader had an opportunity to preach at a large city church and asked if I would go with him and share my testimony. Looking back I suppose I...
• How To Make a Balanced Family.
  on Feb 14, 2013 in How To Make a Balanced Family family activities re-balancing priorities Relationships
  It seems to me that our culture has lost sight of what it means to be a family. We blame lots of things for why this is happening, with blended families, both parents working and general busyness. Is that what we really want for our families? Now is...
• A Baptist Celebrates Lent
  on Feb 11, 2013 in A Baptist Celebrates Lent Lent Preparation for Easter Time to rethink
  This week marks the beginning of Lent. As a Baptist I wouldn’t usually even know but one of my brother Chaplains (you guessed it, a Roman Catholic one) sent me this to remind me: Once a Baptist always think like a Baptist John Smith was the onl...

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