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Fat War Diaries- Finale
To everyone’s relief this is the last installment of THE Diaries. Enough introspection and online self-discovery has been shared by me these last few entries. I want to just tie a few things together on this final post and then start blogging about other things. When I began my journey my expectations were very low. [...]
When Do People Change?
Whether saved or unsaved, we all tend to change the same way. It is usually when staying the same becomes intolerable. This may be a job change, relationship change, character change, etc etc. Such changes can of course be for good or ill. It is one thing to change a girlfriend but another thing to [...]
The Ministry of the Penguin
John Bingham is to running what John Piper is to theology. They are both into the joy and pleasure of it all. Bingham turned to running in his early forties. He was a self-confessed couch potato. Inactive and overweight, Bingham found his physical salvation (and satisfaction) in running. He has written columns for running magazines [...]
UK Election Result
It has been an interesting week in the UK. For a while there it seemed there was a third wave that was going to dominate the British Parliament in the shape of the Liberal Democrats led by the charismatic (politically speaking) Nick Clegg. I watched some of the debates and Clegg was charming, eloquent and [...]
The Death of a Gangster
On 19 April 2010, Carl Williams, notorious Melbourne Underworld figure and four time convicted murderer, stepped out into eternity. Williams was just shy of his 40th birthday and was beaten to death inside a maximum security jail while under closed circuit surveillance. The murder weapon was part of an exercise bike and the attack only [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 5
It is 6 months now. Matt (whose formal retainer has come to an end) is still as thin as ever but I am getting there, slowly. If I could sum things up this way it would be: little but much has changed. Sometimes I think little has changed. Despite the victories and kilos shed, deep [...]
The Fat War Diaries Part 4
There is no final victory in the weight loss war. As long as I have a mouth and stomach, the battle will rage. For anyone with long-term weight issues, an important truth needs to be remembered: The fight to control your weight is much like the war against Terror. There is no conclusive point in [...]
The End of Malcolm Turnbull (for now)
Malcolm Turnbull, former federal liberal party leader announced his intention to retire at the next election. I have followed Turnbull’s remarkable career for many years now. He is one of few individuals able to master one career after another almost effortlessly and in record time. As a very young lawyer Turnbull successfully defended former MI5 [...]
Is there Habib’s in Heaven?
I am writing this post from Sydney. On Tuesday we are off to Habib’s, a middle eastern charcoal chicken haven in Bankstown for dinner. Yes I will be jogging today and tomorrow morning as an ‘insurance policy’ for whatever I eat at Habib’s. So what is so good about this little restaurant? It is has [...]
Broken Minds
Last week I blogged about the significance of mental illness for Christian counsellors. Perhaps some of you were interested in more information about this topic. Let me recommend a book that may be a real help to you. Steve and Robyn Bloem wrote a book called Broken Minds that tells their story of battling with [...]
The Forgotten Downtrodden
The elephant in the room of contemporary Biblical counselling, in my view, is correctly responding to mental illness. While there has been a resurgence of Biblically based counselling over the last 30 years, many Christians, in my view, are still behind the eight ball in how they deal with the scourge of mental illness. While [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 3
Things continue to progress in a positive way though it is getting harder to shed the kilo’s. It is impossible to go on a ‘crash diet’ for 5 months. I am learning how lasting change takes place and how to put in place strategies not to go backwards. For anyone who has struggled to lose [...]
