Encounter The Heart Blog

Several times in my teaching career I attempted to be a Rugby Union coach. The key word in that sentence was ‘attempted’. In two schools I was the 6th XV… Read More »Long John Silver and a parrot we all need

I sometimes use, when doing leadership training, the often quoted text about ‘Somebody, nobody and everybody.’ “This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.… Read More »Elsewhere God – to love another person is to see the face of god.

It was Christmas eve and I was home in Proserpine. My nephew Kieran and his lovely wife Jess had their children playing charades. It was great to watch. From their… Read More »Play: keeping balance, perspective and life

I am sure that many of us had a piggy bank when we were young. As a child I had a square tin replica of the Commonwealth Bank but then… Read More »Piggy banks: a treasure trove of wisdom

As a young Brother I worked in Townsville. One of the local priests – Fr David Lancini – was quite a character. At weddings he was extraordinarily predictable. During his… Read More »Spanners the secret to a happy life

I have a lot of bug bears: those things that annoy you. As I walk the overweight person riding a motorised scooter flies past me and the nasty ego driven… Read More »Beyond the tinsel to ‘real’ reality