The View

Friday, 28 Oct 2022

To Serve or not to Serve
Why do we focus on service with our Avondale School students? Is it important? What is the benefit of serving others rather than yourself?  “Through the service of men and women and boys and girls, God’s work is done”. President Spencer W. Kimball explained: “God does notice us, and he...
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Friday, 21 Oct 2022

Obstacles and Open Doors
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Friday, 14 Oct 2022

Mental Health Week
Mental health can be seen as a taboo topic, instead we should be openly discussing our mental health to better understand ourselves and those around us. Stereotypes and stigma can stop people reaching out for support for fear of being perceived as weak, when in fact, it takes enormous courage...
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Friday, 23 Sept 2022

Listening to the Master’s Voice
When our Kelpie was young, he was a skilled escape artist. He could clear fences with ease, allowing for excursions into neighbouring properties to visit the humans and animals who lived there. We repaired fences, added additional height to some fences, and generally made his escape more challenging. Every time...
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Friday, 16 Sept 2022

Memory Lane
We’ve all sat and listened to friends, family and elders regale nostalgic stories of long ago. I love a good story and have fond memories of sitting with my great-grandfather and hearing him tell me of what he got up to ‘when he was a boy’ growing up in the...
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Friday, 09 Sept 2022

Being the Uber Driver
Over the weekend, I drove my son home to get changed from school and back again for him to go to the teen program on Friday night. Then on Saturday, my wife woke up to take him to a teen church program. On Sunday, he had his Grand Final AFL...
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Friday, 02 Sept 2022

New Beginnings
There is something magical about a well-manicured, freshly cut lawn. For me, its neat uniformity brings about a sense of pride, achievement and satisfaction; or so I thought. You see, my wife is an avid gardener, a true ‘green thumb’, who thinks a beautiful, pristine lawn is called ‘grass’, and...
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Friday, 26 Aug 2022

Enthusiasm
I have a confession; I like climbing trees. Yes, I’m an adult. No, I don’t do it often. However, show me a sprawling fig or a conifer with a few good branches that are low enough to the ground for me to pull myself up on, and I would have...
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Friday, 19 Aug 2022

Decisions, Decisions…
Decisions can be hard to make and even harder when there is so much choice available. I reflect back on my own childhood and remember the times when decisions were either really easy or some of the hardest things I’ve ever had to contemplate.  Making decisions on our own is...
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