At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.

The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.

Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific papers, they must appear in public, they must speak to the media and we must hear their voices. In order to get policy right, policymakers.. governments.. need to make decisions based on sound science.

Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.

I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.

And living in Australia I am relatively well off.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.