Not long now until the man in the red suit begins his trip from the North Pole. We've got the house decorated with lights on the outside, and a tree and a few Christmassy things on the inside. Some presents have already been given; the rest still need to be wrapped....

Last night, a long-awaited dream came true. I attended my own book launch. Or, I should say, books launch. I'd waited so long, I figured I might as well kick off with two. It wasn't a good date to hold it: lots of people couldn't come because of end of school...

Back in February, during my first meeting with the publisher, the Old Boy suggested that we ask Tim Costello, the CEO of World Vision in Australia, to speak at the book launch. We laughed.  (It was always my dream to have something from World Vision at the back of the...