Inspirational Stories

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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Monday 20 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Culture Making: Andy Crouch’s tips on how you can change the world

If you’re involved in art or photography or writing or story-telling; if you plant gardens or design houses or plan towns or build buildings; if you like to cook up dishes and sew up clothes; if you’re interested in sport or business, media or law, languages or technology, wood working or sign writing, or if […]

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Monday 6 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Daily Nudge

The Heartbreaking Dawn Rowan Saga

We’re about to talk to a woman who’s suffered more injustice than most people experience in a lifetime. Her name is Dawn Rowan. In the 1980s, Dawn ran a women’s refuge in Christie’s Beach near Adelaide. In 1987, the refuge was investigated, and a government report was published accusing Dawn of sexual misconduct, and financial […]

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Monday 30 Mar 2009 · Faith · Open House Interviews

Murder by Family – How a Father forgave his son

Six years ago, the life of Texas man Kent Whittaker was plunged into unimaginable horror, when an unknown gunman murdered his wife and son in cold blood. Kent was also shot at, but escaped with only a bullet wound to his arm. In the months that followed, police investigators began piecing together chilling evidence, that […]

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Monday 16 Mar 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

What Makes Brilliant People, Brilliant?

Editor of Fortune Magazine, Geoff Colvin, set out to examine what made brilliant people so brilliant. What he found is surprising – The research showed that it’s about hard work, not talent. Audio – Geoff Colvin discusses the research between natural talent and hard work Download Audio Media Player Error Update your browser or Flash plugin […]

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Tuesday 10 Mar 2009 · Inspirational Stories

Infamous Cricket Captain’s Life on Film

As apartheid was ending in the 1990s, a new national hero was emerging in South Africa. His name was Hansie Cronje – a batting genius and outspoken Christian who captained his nation’s cricket team to the top of the world ladder. But Cronje’s fame came crashing down in 2000, when stories emerged of his involvement with […]

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Thursday 5 Feb 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Rock Star Brian Head Welch on Open House

Guitarist Brian Welch is not a man to do things by halves. Music buffs may remember him as the guy nicknamed Head from the band Korn. Through the late 1990s, his band forged a unique style of music that became known as nu-metal, and rose to incredible fame and fortune. Welch was the archetypal rocker […]

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Sunday 19 Oct 2008 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Andrew Zuckerman – Reflections on Wisdom

He's the young photographer and film-maker who met 51 of the world's wise elders - including Desmond Tutu, Billy Connolly and Nelson Mandela - to create a new book and film, "Wisdom".

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Sunday 12 Oct 2008 · Faith · Open House Interviews

Will Graham – Grandson of Billy

He's the grandson of Billy Graham, and son of Franklin. The third-generation evangelist talks about growing up in the famous Graham household, and reveals his plans for a speaking tour of Australia in 2009.

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Sunday 5 Oct 2008 · Christian Living · Open House Interviews

Steve Saint – End of the Spear

When he was just 5, his missionary dad was killed by an Ecuadorian tribe. Yet today, Steve and his children live with the very man who threw the final, fatal spear. A remarkable story of transformation and forgiveness.

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