Sorry for the tardiness, round two of my answers are below (thanks for the questions Jon)…

What was your greatest accomplishment between the age of 5 and 15?

Good question – I don’t think I have ever really stopped to think about it before now.  I didn’t really achieve anything groundbreaking by the age of 15 so it’s quite hard to think of one thing…when I was 15 I’m sure I would have listed some sporting achievement as my greatest accomplishment but my perspective is a little different now. 

Since I have to pick out one thing, I think it was turning my life at school around from being horrible to teachers and failing everything to actually starting to do pretty well by the time I was 15.

I had quite a few “issues” at school early on and I wasn’t exactly a model student for my teachers.  I basically spent the first half of my education in some form of detention.  I got really good at writing out lines (teachers made us write out a “code of conduct” repeatedly) and picking up rubbish (student labour was cheaper than hiring cleaners apparently) but I wasn’t good at much else at school up until I was around 13.  Luckily, there were a few awesome teachers who saw through all the immaturity and believed in me enough to keep trying. 

And eventually they got through; I grew up, set some goals, realised I actually had to work hard if I wanted to get anywhere, and went from a straight F student on his way to dropping out of high school to the joint top of my year by the time I turned 15. 

Without growing up and turning things around at school there would be no way I would be where I am now so I’m pretty thankful for it now.  Although, if I had cured cancer by the time I was 15 that would be a much more interesting story.  Oh well, there’s always the 15-30 age bracket for me to achieve something more interesting…

What is the best non-alcoholic drink that you have ever had in your life?

Hmmm…there are a lot of options.  My favourite is probably just the fruit smoothies I used to make all the time when I was a bartender.  I can’t even remember what went in them as it changed every time (depending on what fruit and syrups were floating around behind the bar at that stage).  They were amazing anyway.  As far as generic off-the-shelf drinks, either Coke Zero or Vanilla Coke would be my favourite.

What do you think the church is good for in todays society?

Disclaimer: I haven’t been to church since MC Hammer was cool so this is definitely not my area of expertise.  I apologise in advance for not having a more impressive and comprehensive answer. 

In my opinion, the main thing that church is good for in today’s society is teaching good morals and values.  People are encouraged to live up to these morals and values and they probably live their lives a lot more altruistically than they would have if they had never been to church. 

If the church encourages more people to help those in need and live better, more unselfish lives then I think that is a pretty good contribution.