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It was just prior to Christmas. The bus rolled into the grass field surrounded by the high rise commission flats in Melbourne. The bus stopped and the team transformed the area into a hot spot where children and parents began to flock. Face painting, ice cream, clowns, balloons and the bus. As children filed onto the bus at one end they stepped off at the other end of the bus with a wrapped gift box. Christmas had arrived for these children...

I love to give...especially when I catch the person by surprise! That look of, "umm, me, for me?" It can be a physical gift, or shouting someone lunch or buying the coffees. Giving doesn't always have to be about money. It could cost you a smile, some time, or forgoing 'your rights' to give to another, a word of encouragement, or even acts of kindness like opening a door for a woman (yes, I still believe in chivalry), giving way or letting

Many years ago I was helping the during the Red Cross Appeal. Our small church decided that we would help by manning several major intersections in our community to help raise the funds. I gained some interesting insights into people during this time. Now while this wasn't always the case, I found that the bigger and flashier the car the more creative people were to avoid you. They would, all of a sudden, be changing a radio/CD, or, turn

The secret of community found in a homeless counter-cultural group attending a funeral. Ever wondered about how the homeless survive, or don't? Ever wondered what you could do to help?

Disaster! Floods in Queensland covering an area the size of New South Wales, or for my American friends, the size of Texas. Devastation at every turn. Houses inundated with muddy water and debris. Ruin. Heart breaking. And yet in the midst of the heartache flows the coping mechanism, humour. Good old aussie humour. Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief. Proverbs 14:13 Take the Fitzroy Hotel. The ground

In recent news reports from the Queensland floods, it has been observed the number of animals clustered together on small islands of refuge. At first we may think, "Fair enough". But when we look a little closer we realise that natural enemies, predators and prey alike, are abiding together. Normally, when a food source is in close proximity, it is pounced upon and consumed. But on these little islands, the common enemy is not one another, it is