Last night i was out in the valley in Brisbane just hanging out with some friends.  As I looked around at the masses of young adults filling the streets, lining up for hundreds of metres to get into the trendy bars, (there is no other place, at least in Brisbane, where i have seen so many people […]

   Occasionally in life, you get a urge to do something and find the resources to be able to do it. One day I woke up and decided a few things: I don’t want to buy clothes that keep people trapped in poverty just so I can have a nice pair of jeans. I don’t […]

Its obvioue people loved Steve Irwin, even though many of us Aussies were a bit embarassed by him as an ambassador for our country. It’s funny how after someone dies and you hear their story you realise how tops they were after-all.  Samantha and I were watching him talk in an interview on Andrew Denton […]

Tim and Maz Walker (married 18 years, three boys, Chris Josh and Arron) Aug 2005 – Aug 2006 has been the most eventful year of our lives, this all started when we decided to start living as Jesus says….. Oct 2005, we give away our most expensive possession (except for the house and the bank […]

Just thought i would let you all know that i am having an Australian Idol Party at my place every sunday night at 7:30pm……………..if you too are a secret lover of idol……………can get to Redcliffe in Aussie land…………..like chocolate freckles…………….wizz fizz…………and hanging out with people in their 20’s and 30’s on the edge of sanity………….then […]

The documentary “Born Into Brothels” is about the potential in children, and the power of an individual to help them achieve it. When photographer Zana Briski was assigned to capture images of Calcutta’s notorious red light district, Sonagachi, she quickly developed relationships with the children born and raised in brothels. Uneducated and neglected, these children […]

great story! (unexpected places) my favourite moment this week was after a friend’s gig, at 2am, in a noisy bar crowded with drunken kids trying to impress each other. there were half a dozen of us, none of us liked the vibe but there was nowhere else open, and somehow in the lounges in the […]

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SAMMY JOCKEL                         I went to Cartridge world the other day, in the little town of Reddy Redcliffe, to get some ink for my printer.  It was one of my unpaid days of work, in that it was a day dedicated to being present and available to whatever popped up in […]

Howdy Dudey Folks I believe i have become the official be.encouraged liason officer……………. can you tell i work in a school…………… this is my first post just to see if i can get it to work………………… including uploading my fancy photo……………. are you feeling encouraged yet……… anyways……… i will try the thing now see what […]

Gladys Staines – nee Weatherhead – was born in 1951. She grew up at Peaks Crossing, just outside of Ipswich, in South East Queensland. Gladys was brought up in Brethren circles and became a devout Christian. After school, Gladys studied nursing in Ipswich and completed her midwifery in Launceston. Gladys met her husband Graham on […]

the road we have chosen can be a lonely one. sometimes we experience close local community, physical support, and reciprocal love. other times we do not. this will be a place of hope, where we can read others stories, tell our own, and remember we are not alone.