May 2013

Elephant in the Room

In the Absent movie, which will soon be touring Australia, 13-29 June 2013, John Eldredge, author of ‘Wild at Heart’ says, “If you take snapshots of western culture right now the prognosis is not good”. David Blankenhorn has stated in ‘Fatherless America’ written in 1996, “Fatherlessness is the most harmful demographic trend of this generation”. Dave Kopel, in his article called ‘Fatherlessness: The Root Cause’ says: As Pat Moynihan wrote in ...

Happy Families, Healthy Economy

Last week I got a phone call from Mary-Louise Fowler, the coordinator of the World Congress of Families VII (WCF). She said with a worried voice, “We are in danger of losing some of our best speakers!” “Why?” I asked. Mary-Louise replied, “Homosexual activists are attacking the World Congress of Families because many of the speakers believe that children deserve a mother and a father and that marriage between a man and a woman is the best ...

By |2021-05-26T12:51:28+10:00May 18th, 2013|FAMILIES, FAIRNESS & JUSTICE|1 Comment

Marriage Junkie

I have a confession to make.  I’m a ‘marriage junkie’. What is a marriage junkie and why am I one? Maybe it’s because my own mum and dad had such a shocking marriage.  The Boys in Blue had to come down and adjudicate the fights.  For my brother and I, growing up in World War III was a pretty difficult experience. Maybe it was a mixture of my Dad’s Australian-born English ...

By |2021-05-14T13:22:26+10:00May 11th, 2013|LOVE & MARRIAGE|4 Comments

The Moments We Live For

For months you have been hearing about the Dads4Kids Fatherhood Train the Trainer Summit, held last weekend at ‘Gumburu’ on a mountain top in North Queensland. The question you might well ask is, “How did it go?” Before I endeavour to answer, let me tell you about the agony and the ecstasy we experienced in the lead up to the Summit. When Dads4Kids first started the process of inviting applications from ...

By |2013-05-04T15:22:12+10:00May 4th, 2013|Dads|2 Comments
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