Inspirational Stories Articles and Audio – Page 27 of 28 – Hope 103.2

Monday 23 Aug 2010 · Faith

Lily Bragge’s Dirty Shiny Life

If there’s a word that sums up the life of Lily Bragge, ‘colourful’ could be it. The memoir of this Melbourne-born arts writer, titled My Dirty Shiny Life,  has it all. Colourful characters, a colourful career, certainly colourful language. There’s a lot of darkness too. Years of rebellion, drug abuse, lying and cheating, mental illness, […]
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Monday 23 Aug 2010 · Guests and Artists

Can Introverted Personalities Be Church Leaders?

You could be forgiven for thinking that to be a great Christian leader, you have to be an extrovert. Many pastors, preachers, youth ministers and worship leaders at least in contemporary church circles have outgoing, charismatic personalities. So what happens to the introverts? When church is a loud, boisterous celebration, where do the quiet, contemplative […]
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Tuesday 1 Jun 2010 · Inspirational Stories

Behind The World’s Most Notorious Prisons

Ron Nikkel has been behind the bars of more prisons than possibly anyone on earth. But he’s no hardened criminal. He’s the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship International, the Christian prison ministry founded by Chuck Colson in 1976. Ron’s been working in criminal justice for nearly 40 years now, visiting prisoners, mobilising volunteers, and […]
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Monday 24 May 2010 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Julius Achon: Child Soldier Turned Olympian Talks to Sheridan Voysey

Elite middle-distance runner, Julius Achon, talks to Open House presenter Sheridan Voysey about his tragic childhood - and overcoming adversity.
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Monday 9 Nov 2009 · Faith · Open House Interviews

Profile Interview: From Mafia Mobster to Jesus Freak

When Michael Franzese was initiated into the New York Mafia, he went through a ceremony that involved shedding blood, and swearing to never betray the ‘Omerta’– the code of silence. As Mafia bosses placed a picture of a saint in his hands and set it alight, they told him that his soul would burn in […]
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Sunday 1 Nov 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Catherine Hamlin – 50 Years in Ethiopia: “The fistula patients will break your heart”

Catherine Hamlin, famous for her work with the Addis Ababa Fistula hospital, reflects on an incredible 50 years working to help suffering women in Ethiopia.
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Monday 21 Sep 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

How Mother Teresa Changed My Life

Mary Poplin is an academic – a Professor of Education at a Californian university (Claremont Graduate University). But in the academic circles she moves in, she’s a bit of an anomaly – because of her deep Christian faith. For much of her life Mary was a cynic, until she made two life-changing decisions. The first, […]
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Monday 3 Aug 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Meet Ken Cooper: Loving Husband & Bank Robber

Ken Cooper was a respected community leader, a loving husband and father, and a role model for underprivileged kids. But for years he hid a very dark side – as a notorious bank robber.  He was an enigma to the police, brandishing a gun, yet treating his hostages with kindness. What you’re about to hear […]
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Tuesday 26 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Kasey Edwards – A Quest For Purpose In Life.

What happens when you wake up, and don’t want to go to work ever again? It’s a scenario many people have faced. Kasey Edwards is one of them. She was a 30-something, highly successful change-management consultant who realised she couldn’t care less about change management. She’d reached a point in her career where she’d lost […]
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Monday 25 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories

Overcoming Adversity – Sam Cawthorn

Sam Cawthorn has lived a life that may make you see life’s obstacles in a different light.  He was the Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year for 2009. Only 3 years ago Sam was leading a busy life as a dad and a performing arts teacher, when he was involved in a near-fatal car accident. His […]
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Monday 4 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories

The Making of Modern Australia

Do you have a story that you’ve always thought the world should know? A life experience that could make great reading, or even great TV? Well now’s your chance to share it – in The Making of Modern Australia.  This is a peoples’ history project, that involves both a website and a TV series. And […]
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Monday 27 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories

Speeches That Reshaped The World

The great orators of history, who have educated, inspired and persuaded, have left this world a little different for good or ill. How have they changed history and why were their speeches so effective? That’s what Alan Whiticker, author of Speeches That Reshaped the World, is here to answer.
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