7th September 2013 Dear Prime Minister Abbott, Congratulations on being elected Prime Minister of Australia. As a voter, I thought I would take this opportunity to write to you to input into the early direction of your Government. First up,… Read More ›
Current Affairs
Female Genital Mutilation–My Major Paper on Poverty and Development.
The following is my Major Paper on the issue of Female Genital Mutilation: An issue that effects 140 million women around the world and 8000 new cases every day. The paper is written as part of my studies in the… Read More ›
Suggested Marketing Tag Lines for Political Parties
Today I heard an ad for a political party and the tag line was “Friends don’t let Friends vote Liberal”. This is a rip off of the Friends don’t let Friends drive drunk, anti drink driving advertising campaign. But it… Read More ›
The Pilt Family’s Recent Experience with a Bully.
Late last year, I wrote a blog on Cyberbullying and had the opportunity to make a presentation to the then Prime Minister Julia Gillard, about the immense damage bullying can do. Bullying not just in the school yard, but in… Read More ›
Major Points, Questions and Wrestles on Homosexuality–A Pre-Sermon Chat with Nowra City Church.
Recently, as I am currently preaching through Romans, I touched on the issue of homosexuality. Before I got into the scriptures I wanted to have a bit of a chat to the church. Here are my major points/questions/wrestles of that… Read More ›
Wrestling with the Ethics of IVF and Sperm Donation.
I was recently speaking with a Christian married man who has a family of his own, who was considering, with his wife’s support, becoming a sperm donor through the IVF Australia clinic in Sydney. I have been helping him wrestle… Read More ›
50 Things that Annoy Me
Today in the news they were talking about a list that has been released of the Top 50 Things that Annoy People. This got me thinking and so I thought I would list a few things that annoy me. So… Read More ›
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Dear Mr Rudd Congratulations on becoming Prime Minister. Again. As someone who is passionate about the Nation of Australia, I am writing to you as a citizen who would like to input into the future direction of your Government –… Read More ›
Major Paper–The Causes and Solutions of Human Slavery within the Processes of Globalisation
A paper written for my studies at Fuller Theological Seminary Introduction It is 4th of March 2009. I am in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for just 48 hours, being taken by my host to Svay Pak:- a village 40 minutes north… Read More ›
If I Could Rid the World of One Evil–This Would be it.
I posed a question on my Facebook page today asking – If you could rid the world of one evil – which one would you get rid of? I had many responses. Here are a few:- Child Pornography Abortion Selfishness… Read More ›