For those of you who have listened to episodes 33 and 34 where I interviewed Shane Holst of the Australian Altruism Foundation, you may remember he discussed the Humanitarian Awards.
These awards recognise people who contribute to the social and spiritual wealth of their communities and often receive little or no recognition. The Humanitarian Awards are […]

I guess you guys think I’ve dropped off the face of the earth, but in fact I’ve been busily hanging out with my TPN colleague Father Bob.
Bob, myself and a couple of other like minded, creative thinking people are madly working on a project that will empower people to reclaim their personal spirituality and share […]

I watch the TV and see frightened people trying to escape from a war zone and wonder what the hell is going on?
Can’t people see the futility of shooting bombs at their neighbors when the majority of people who get killed and maimed are civilians? Do poeple not have any sense of proportion and/or ethics?
It […]

Well, like millions of others I arose in the wee small hours to watch the World Cup final this morning.
I guess I was a bit perplexed. I didnt know who to barrack for, all I knew is I didn’t want Italy to win, so I ended up cheering for the French.
Maybe I’m bitter and twisted, […]

I saw an amazing program on TV the other night about an Indian man, Dr Bindeshwar Palhak who established the Sulabh Sanitation Movement.
Hard to imagine that in a country like India, with it’s huge population, the majority of disease is caused by lack of adequate sanitation. In fact, many houses in New Delhi and other […]

Well I went to the Socceroo/Italy game in Lygon Street, Carlton on Monday night. For those of you who dont know………this is the centre of the Italian population in Melbourne.
The vibe was great……………Aussies chanting, Italians chanting……….another great funfilled night of frivolity. I was again surrounded my two of my kids and numbers of their friends. […]

Well that’s the Aussie Socceroo theme song, and you know what? I did jump and scream…………not in a stadium, but at Federation Square, in the centre of Melbourne at 5am in the morning, with 20,000 other mad Melbournians as our team succeeded in moving to the final 16 in the World Cup.
I never thought I’d […]

I heard an interview on the radio in the car last week that was extremely powerful.
It was an interview with a 43 year old man who I knew………..not personally, but as I grew up watching “The Sullivans” on TV, I felt I knew this guy. His name is Richard Morgan and he played Terry Sullivan […]

With the World Cup games happening in the middle of the night here in Australia………..there are lots of ‘bleary eyes” around today!
I, like millions others, sat up till 2am to watch the Socceroos play Brasil this morning. Come 4am, I dragged myself off to bed, disappointed at our loss, but not devastated…………we played well, but […]

I dont know about you guys, but I sat up till 0100 this morning watching a game that makes very little sense to me and feeling sick about the Aussies looking like they were going to loose!
BUT in the last eight minutes Tim Cahill and John Aloise wrote their names into the World Cup record […]