Each and very one of us has an inner personal power and our way of using it determines the quality of our lives. Some of us decide also to add a power to our lives that is beyond our own until we take steps to welcome it. In my case, during the 93 years since … Continue reading SEARCHING FOR THE GROUND OF OUR BEING The post SEARCHING FOR THE GROUND OF ...

On Friday evenings Helen and I enjoy a couple of relaxing hours watching a television movie. Two days ago we chose ANNE OF GREEN GABLES on ABC iview. It has recently been released by Canada Television. Our choice was made as the book played a significant role in the life of Vivienne, my elder and … Continue reading MY SISTER VIVIENNE AND ANNE OF GREEN ...

On the day I celebrated my 80th birthday I decided to become an author who would write best sellers. I had written a few books about fund raising in my earlier life, as well as a biography for my family, but no serious novels that could find a place on shelves of book shops. So, … Continue reading WHEN YOU REACH AGE EIGHTY IT’S TIME TO START WRITING ...

Many of my friends and followers don’t read books, they listen to them. They do so for many reasons, but mainly its because they just don’t have time to sit down and read. So they enjoy listening to books while they ride on buses trains ferries planes or while driving cars trucks taxis ubers tractors … Continue reading “WALKING WITH THE MAN” IS NOW AN ...

I am delighted to invite you to go to my website – everaldcompton.com – to buy my two finest books via a special offer. Total price is 50 dollars, postage free, (normal price including postage is 70 dollars) Both will be signed with a personal greeting to you. CATCHING THE LINVILLE TRAIN is about my … Continue reading EVERALD’S TWO BOOK SPECIAL. The ...

Come to the Royal on the Park in Alice Street Brisbane on Friday, 22 November, for lunch with me (and lots of friends) at 12.30pm. You will receive a signed copy of WALKING WITH THE MAN. As well as enjoying a drink, an Everald Burger and coffee. Plus some excellent speakers. Rebecca Levingston will launch … Continue reading SHARE AN ‘EVERALD BURGER’ ...

Our world, in which we totally depend on IT for our very existence, feel apart on Friday when a bug in the software of small company caused a seizure in communications across our planet that denied us of essential services. This ridiculous event compellingly informed us of how helpless we have allowed ourselves to become. … Continue reading THE VERY ...

Here is a painting that will appear on the front cover of my new book. ‘WALKING WITH THE MAN, but not to Church.’ The painting, plus 104000 words, is now with my publisher, Clark and Mackay. The paperback, ebook & audiobook will be launched at the Royal on the Park in Brisbane at lunch on … Continue reading THE BUSH SAMARITAN The post THE BUSH ...

Was browsing through a book shop a few days ago and found this one. It is so fascinating I read it within 48 hours. A real page turner. Its about the close friendship of our former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the founder of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, that hugely embraced religion, politics, power and … Continue reading BUY YOUR COPY OF ...

In the minds of most Australians, not just the 10% who go to Church, what is the foremost reason we have for celebrating Easter? It’s time to be honest with ourselves as a nation and acknowledge an order of priority instead of pretending to be religious. Firstly, most of us welcome it as a great … Continue reading EASTER BUNNY SENDS YOU GREETINGS The ...