Rod Taylor

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation shows that we have unwittingly fallen into an existential crisis of our own making. We have allowed large corporations, the military and other vested interests to capture governments and influence public opinion excessively. We have created a god called ‘the market’ and allowed our most important decisions to be made by this imaginary entity, which is in fact a human system controlled by vested interests. The result has been the exploitation of our life support system, our planet, and most of its inhabitants, to the point of collapse. This book argues that the way out of our black hole is to build social movements to apply overwhelming pressure on government and big business, weaken the power of vested interests and strengthen democratic decision-making. This must be done simultaneously with action on the specific issues of climate, energy, natural resources and social justice, in order to transition to a truly sustainable civilisation.

Humanity is sliding toward a collision between global warming, resource depletion, and population growth. The evidence is daunting but we are hampered by anti-science demagogues who tell us everything's okay, that we'll run forever on our current course. The problem we are facing is on a global scale, far beyond any individual. It can be overwhelming and it is difficult to remain cheerful. In Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet, journalist Rod Taylor interviews ten outstanding Australians who have - and are - doing something to confront the perilous state of the environment. This book tells their stories.

One of the most life-changing and hopeful truths that we will ever embrace is that we can open our lives in a more profound way to God's fathomless love. Our hearts can be set ablaze with a longing to know God more intimately and to love him more deeply. From the place of intimacy with God in Christ, we see ourselves, our world, and God's purposes through his loving heart.So Longs My Soul sets before us the wonder and privilege of communion with God. In the light of God's Word, this hope-saturated book explores the vital principles and unfailing promises which open the way to this love relationship with our creator. Our heavenly Father calls us to this wonder-filled adventure of living from the place of intimacy with him.If we answer God's call, if we say yes to this divine romance, God will take us ever deeper into his heart of boundless, unfailing love.God will respond to our cry for intimacy with him if, genuinely and passionately, it is the longing of our souls.While searching for answers to life's great questions, Rod Taylor experienced a dramatic conversion from atheism to a passionate love for Christ and his church. Dr. Taylor has served God as a teacher, school administrator, associate pastor, administrative pastor, and then senior pastor for the Scott Depot Christ Fellowship in West Virginia.

In the pages of this book are a number of articles written over the past decade that reflect the ongoing need for a social awakening in Canada, first in the Christian community and then in the broader society, if we are to survive and prosper as a nation.Rod Taylor is a naturalist, a lover of poetry and history, a student of human nature and-at the time of this writing-the leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada. His love of country and his commitment to justice and common-sense solutions to the problems facing Canada are driven by a deep reverence for human life and even more for the Creator of all life and of the intricate created universe that makes human life possible.Rod credits his desire for justice and his hope that humanity may yet choose paths of righteousness to the boyhood influence of his mother and father who gave much of their lives to social issues but still maintained an active and loving family environment. They instilled in him a deep appreciation for all human beings and taught him the value of relationships.Rod and his wife, Elaine, have two children and four grandchildren and have enjoyed more than four decades of marriage. Two years into their marriage, following the example of his wife, Rod came to believe in the biblical view of God the Creator. From that life-changing event in 1976, the Christian worldview has guided his work and life decisions, including his entry into politics and his efforts to defend innocent human life, natural marriage and the personal freedoms so important in a civilized democracy.

In this book, Rod Taylor draws on his own lived experience to share with us how a new paradigm in the field of human development is revealing the nature of awakening and awakened relationships. This whole-being paradigm doesn't depend on implementing techniques or practices to correct issues in the relationship. Instead, partners and loving friends find themselves more and more surrendered to the emergence in Being of a natural and trustable dynamic-of-love. This dynamic brings, for each person and for the relationship itself, a unique evolution through ever-deepening awareness and integration into the full flowering of whole-being, heart-awakened life.

Firmly based on the authors’ personal experience, this book tackles a wide range of issues relating to the teaching of the arts in the primary school. The authors illustrate how primary children of all ages can be educated to both know about and to practice all the major art forms, and how a school staff can effectively accommodate and practice them all, even within the constraints of the National Curriculum. This book is unique in primary school education terms, as its primary focus is specific and it embraces every major art form – dance, drama, literature, music, visual arts and film.

Firmly based on the authors’ personal experience, this book tackles a wide range of issues relating to the teaching of the arts in the primary school. The authors illustrate how primary children of all ages can be educated to both know about and to practice all the major art forms, and how a school staff can effectively accommodate and practice them all, even within the constraints of the National Curriculum. This book is unique in primary school education terms, as its primary focus is specific and it embraces every major art form – dance, drama, literature, music, visual arts and film.