To my readers, friends and colleagues:
I sincerely wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas and all the best for the year ahead.
Christmas is not only a time to celebrate our Christian faith with friends and family, but a time to relax and enjoy all that the season has to offer.
Whatever Christmas means for you, may the season be filled with joy and peace. I wish you an enjoyable and rewarding year ahead.
Regards,
Well, it’s not often that one comes across a million dollars.
Yet today as I stared into the tip jar of a Melbourne cafeteria, two Australian million dollar notes were staring right back at me!
Today is the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States’ World Trade Center. It was a day that changed all of our lives forever.
I am very lucky. I live in Australia, a small and relatively safe country on the other side of the world well away from the world’s centres of power. I don’t know anyone who perished on that awful day nor do I know anyone who was directly affected. Yet the sheer tragedy of that pointless destruction shocked, appalled and angered me as much as anyone else and I know that most Australians were shocked by the attacks on our cousins in the United States.
Yes, I know. Feeding ducks bread isn’t too good for them.
In fact, I probably shouldn’t do it at all. But when I stand in front of a pond full of ducks with a couple of slices of bread in hand, I am transformed from a mature adult to a child again.
I just love seeing them swim around with eager excitement at the prospect of getting a small piece of tasty bread!
To my readers, friends and colleagues:
I sincerely wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas, and all the best for the year ahead!
Christmas is not only a time to celebrate our Christian faith with friends and family, but a time to relax and enjoy all that the season has to offer.
Whatever Christmas means for you, may the season be filled with joy and peace. I wish you an enjoyable and rewarding year ahead!
Regards,
Image: Madonna and Child with Cherubs (c. 1650) by Giovanni Battista Salvi (Il Sassoferrato).
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