SENTINEL WATCH September 22, 2008 Issue

2020 VISION

BEVERLY GOLDSMITH

WHAT'S YOUR VISION for your country in 2020? What good ideas do you have for its future? What solutions can you think of to meet your nation's current challenges? There are questions that Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, sought answers to at his Voices of the Future Schools Summits, Youth Summit, and the Australia 2020 Summit, all held earlier this year.

At these summits, the nation's previously "unheard thinkers," including Australian movie stars Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman, were asked to unleash their best ideas and creativity on the following ten issues: productivity; the economy/ economic infrastructure/the digital economy; population/sustainability/climate change/water; rural industry; health; social inclusion/families/communities; indigenous people and services; the arts; governance; and, national security.

It's essential to think deeply about the future of one's country, and find radical and innovative changes that will improve the well-being of all citizens. In Biblical times, one visionary thinker recognized that "where there is no vision, the people perish" (Prov. 29:18)—and thus, conversely, saw that visionary ideas lead to solutions that prosper humankind. Such profound outside-the-box, problem-solving thinking flows out of spiritual inspiration and proactive prayer.

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