With all the news over the last few weeks about Mary McKillop becoming a Saint of the Catholic Church, I thought I would do some research as see what the Bible says about the term Saint and how it is applied to people. The Greek word that is used in the New Testament for saint [...]

Hello all, I woke this morning to news that Christchurch NZ has had a 7.1 earthquake. News reports are saying lots of buildings and the infrastructure has been damaged. Here is some information from ABC news… The quake was felt throughout much of the South Island and southern parts of the North Island, and has [...]

In the last few days we have heard about another major earthquake. Several months ago it was in Haiti, this time it was in Chile. It was one of the biggest earthquakes on record and many people have lost their lives. When we hear about these major catastrophes we can sometimes wonder if God is [...]

Several months ago I made a conscious decision not to watch the nightly news on TV. I found the constant stream of bad news with graphic images was very depressing. It was so sad to hear a list of all the dreadful things that are going on in the world without hearing the positive things. [...]

If you are keen you can watch the Daylight Savings Vote result live at the WA Electoral Commission website here. You can also see the breakdown of how different regions voted here. Once the vote is complete the final result will be shown on the above pages.

In Western Australia we have the referendum on Daylight Saving. We have to vote either yes or no if we officially want daylight saving in WA each year. I can see that there are a number of positives and negatives for both sides of the vote. In general, the “yes” voters want it because it [...]

I was just ABC News website and I found they have a section dedicated to the “Swine Flu” that is making news around the world. This page explains what swine flu is and has lots of questions and answers by the experts including the WHO. I thought I would pass on the link for those [...]