The Path of Least Resistance You have heard the line take the path of least resistance a thousand times. It is espoused by many, but practiced by few. 18 April 2026
The Convict and the Billionaire Good leaders inspire, guide, and align employees with an organisation’s mission statement. Great leaders do something different. They weave their personal mission into the company’s DNA 18 April 2026
Recognition in Fellowship and Recovery Reflecting on Luke 24:13–35 through the lens of recovery 18 April 2026
Disconnection and Three Contributory Root Causes of Alcoholism and Addiction People sometimes ask me how you give up alcohol, or what causes a person to become an alcoholic. If the setting demands a short answer, I give them three words: disconnection from creation 21 March 2026
Super Yachts, Jets, and the $35 Mower Fuel Problem I was watching The Woman in Cabin 10. Not a bad film. But halfway through, my mind drifted to the billionaires wining and dining their invited guests on a seven‑hundred‑million‑dollar superyacht. 21 March 2026
The Gift of Less Recently, when I attended the Vigil Mass at the Church of the Apostles in Launceston, the parish priest, Fr Shammi Perera, began an excellent homily in response to the Gospel according to John 9:1–41. 13 March 2026
The Quiet Weapon of Grace Without question, my favourite scene in Ted Lasso is what I call the Darts Scene. 06 March 2026
The Principle That Doesn't Bend Freedom of speech is one of those principles that refuses to scale down. It doesn’t come in half‑strength or low‑impact versions. It is either upheld in full or it is not upheld at all. 06 March 2026
The Parmesan Epiphany I sliced off a piece of pecorino Romano tonight — the good stuff, the Italian-made block with the hard edges and the smell that tells you it has a lineage 06 March 2026
The White Feather I was ten years old when I first saw it: a single white feather placed in the letterbox of a young man on The Sullivans. 04 March 2026
What Basil the Cat Taught Me About Evolutionary Wiring and Dopamine Addiction Last night, while winding down with an episode of DCI Banks, Alison’s cat Basil — known in the family as Boo — performed a feat that would make a leopard proud. 04 March 2026
Group Think Gone Mad Recently Apple in its iOS 26 update removed he ability to look at the time in solid form on the Lock Screen 04 March 2026
