In 1909, Sonora Dodd sat in a Mother’s Day church service in Spokane, USA. The seed of an idea was planted in her heart for what we now know as Fathers Day.
In 1909, Sonora Dodd sat in a Mother’s Day church service in Spokane, USA. The seed of an idea was planted in her heart for what we now know as Fathers Day.
This month you can make a difference to the music you hear on Hope 103.2. Have your say on the music you love, and what turns you straight off.
After seeing the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on her grandmother, Associate Professor Muireann Irish from the University of Sydney developed a passion to explore the links between brain response and music for patients of dementia.
As urban Australians rally to the aid of their drought-stricken rural cousins, some are decrying spending on government foreign aid or focus on the needy outside Australia. Is there a hierarchy of care or a moral responsibility to look after ‘our own first’? Philosopher Xavier Symons helps us evaluate our responsibility to the rest of humanity.
“The history of climate change in this country is, sadly, a battlefield littered with the dead carcasses of leaders who have been brought down by it.” says Grattan Institute Energy Director, Tony Wood, on Open House
The Bible makes it clear that we can make a difference, because this is his world, and he created us for a reason. We wrongly think we have to wait for some big important event to make a difference—not so. Anne Frank in her book The Diary of a Young Girl wrote these words: “How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world”.
‘Chasing Comets’, the hilarious first film from former rugby league star and now screenwriter Jason Stevens, is about to hit the big screen.
A researcher from ANU has made a breakthrough in diagnosing malaria and other pathogens that will be life changing in the developing world. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are impressed they are funding further development of the kit. Inventor Dr Lee Alissandratos, from the ANU Research School of Chemistry (who is a CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Fellow), explained how it works on Open House.
In 1942, Australian sergeant Sir David “Griff” Griffin was a prisoner of war in Changi Prison, Singapore. With Christmas approaching, the POWs decided to make gifts for the children interned in the prison. Not handy with tools, like the other men who made toys for the children, Griff decided to make a book called The Happiness Box to chase away fear and inspire hope.
Curiosity is something to be encouraged in our kids, but when they start to ask super curly questions about life and faith, how do you handle it?
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