John Anderson

a Biblical thought...
But I am saying that you shouldn't act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is flip with God or rude to friends, gets drunk or becomes greedy and predatory. You can't just go along with this, treating it as acceptable behavior. (1 Cor 5:11)

a Book thought...
Get the ascension right, and your view of the church, of the sacraments, and of the mother of Jesus can get back into focus. (p125 Wright)

a Dave thought...
John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005. Anderson was born in Sydney, but his family have been graziers (sheep ranchers) and landowners in northern New South Wales since the 1840s. When he was three years old, his mother died of cancer. In a tragic accident, his younger sister died after Anderson hit a cricket ball into the back of her neck while he was playing with his father. He was educated at The Kings School and has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Sydney. He was a farmer and grazier on family properties before entering politics.

Last night I attended the Belgrave Heights Men's Convention purely as a trombonist but came home as a John Anderson fan. This former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia has been through a lot in his life, not only did he accidentally kill his sister with a cricket ball at a young age, but he also lost one of his own children to sickness. He told the story how he had a heart experience of God in his teenage years but then drifted away for a number of years until at university where he had a head experience and he could no longer doubt the existence of God and acknowledged His presence in his life.
Perhaps the story that said the most to me though was when he was leading the country in September 2001 as John Howard was away in the US. As this was when 9/11 occurred the experts thought Australia might be hit next, John said the pressure was enormous and all he could do was pray, and and how through this time he had an amazing peace from His Heavenly Father. John believes , like myself that the more our country turns away from God and becomes self-centred the more problems we will continue to face.

Just a thought.