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The dictionary defines innocent like this: …free from moral wrong, sinless, not guilty (of a crime), free from responsibility for an event yet suffering its consequences (innocent bystanders). Simple; gutless; naive; harmless, (from the Latin) innocent, ‘not hurting’. So who protects the ‘innocents’, whose job is it to protect them?.. Yes, ours of course!.. It is our responsibility! Yours and mine! The news, in recent times, has been awash with examples of how innocents are suffering. From the victims of …

I am about to embark on a journey and in July I will return to Kokoda to take another. The one that I will take soon will be to participate in a story being filmed for SBS. The series that was shown last year is called “Go back where you came from” and it follows a group of Australians around the world to some of the more desperate of places where refugees wait in camps, waiting to get a chance …

There is great sadness in the world today. It seems that not a day goes by without hearing of yet another tragedy. A policeman or policewoman is injured or killed in the line of duty; another soldier is shot by a supposed ally or blown to pieces while carrying out their duty, for their homeland, but also while trying to protect people in a foreign land, so that these people may have a better life. ‘Schoolies’ has become a terrifying …

There is great sadness in the world today.  It seems that not a day goes by without hearing of yet another tragedy. A policeman or policewoman is injured or killed in the line of duty; another soldier is shot by a supposed ally or blown to pieces while carrying out their duty, for their homeland, but also while trying to protect people in a foreign land, so that these people may have a better life. ‘Schoolies’ has become a terrifying …

The dictionary defines Hypocrisy as: the making of false claims to virtue. It defines Virtue as: moral excellence: goodness, chastity. esp. of a woman. I use an Oxford Modern dictionary as a reference for my definitions. I am aware that both Hypocrisy and Virtue have come to mean more, to most of us, than these narrow definitions, just as so many of our words have these days but the Oxford definitions are at least a good place to start are …

For what will it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Truths that are written, as this, have survived through the ages because, as ultimate truths, they are true from one age to the next, they stand the test of time. I have pondered this truth many times over my life span, in the same way that I have with other truths and as I believe we all should in an effort to not …

The dictionary defines ‘faith’ thus: complete trust or confidence, firm belief without logical proof, duty or commitment to fulfill a trust or promise. Faithful: showing faith, loyal, trustworthy, accurate, true to fact i.e. faithful account. Belief in a ‘higher being’ or some entity that has no physical substance will require faith. Belief in a part of ourselves that we cannot taste, smell or touch will require faith because it is something we ‘feel’ rather than something proven by visual confirmation; …

I’ve been talking recently about Faith, finding it, having it and having it work for you. Importantly, what is it? What does it mean to you? I have spoken about some of my own experience with faith and posed, I hope, some questions for all of us to ponder. One other very important experience in all of our lives is Hope. The Dictionary defines Hope as ‘expectation and desire’, hope of receiving is just one example. Without hope of being …

There can’t be too many parents that would not sacrifice almost anything or everything for their children, that would not, if the situation arose or dictated, even die for their children. We have seen in the news where parents have drowned trying to save a child or been badly burnt running into a burning building to save a child whether it be theirs or belonging to someone else. Our inborn instincts to save or protect children are strong within us, …

Dear Fellow Australians, In recent weeks you have been asking me to explain to you my views on certain matters. These matters, I may add, are important to you and to myself as well. I have held off answering earlier requests in an effort to compile a list that would cover a few topics that you deem important, so my apologies to those of you who have been waiting for some time for a response. One of the most frequently …