To get a little familiar with what life is like living with cataract blindness, Sam and Duncan pair tried out a couple of everyday tasks…
To get a little familiar with what life is like living with cataract blindness, Sam and Duncan pair tried out a couple of everyday tasks…
It is often the unsaid in a marriage that leads to the biggest problems. An issue grows and grows and nothing is said until it explodes!
Read Genesis 2:18 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” (NLT)
Amid all the fury, shouting and corporate repositioning on the issue of plastic supermarket bags, we have somehow lost sight of the big picture on plastic waste.
As Pete Shmigel, CEO of the Australian Council of Recycling, explained on Open House the amount of plastic waste generated by single use shopping bags is a tiny proportion of the plastic waste generated by households. Every year Australian households generate around 60 kg of plastic waste of which 2 kg is disposable shopping bags.
People with difficult mental health conditions face tremendous stigma which affects their connection to community, their physical health and emotional wellbeing. The stigma of issues like psychotic episodes can make it hard to find and stay in housing or to hold a job. SANE Australia is researching the issue and wants to survey 7,000 Australians who have suffered the effects of being stigmatised for their mental health condition.
It was once thought all swans were white. However, once Europeans discovered Australia it turned out they could be black too. Dean Foley has named his indigenous business accelerator Barayamal or Black Swan as a reminder to naysayers that success, just like swans, can be black or white. Barayamal is taking a group of indigenous entrepreneurs to the USA to take part in the world’s biggest event for startups.
It’s huge, anthemic and jumps from the screen like an explosion in a paint factory—it’s “Joy”, the latest single from Christian rock duo, For King & Country
Start your day right by spending time with God in his Word along with John North of Ambassadors for Christ.
Read Psalm 33:18 18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love (NIV)
Christians in Africa and the Middle East face appalling levels of persecution in Jesus name. Tim Reid from Open Doors shares the struggles facing Christians in Nigeria where 1,300 have been killed and 30,000 displaced by Muslim extremists between January and June this year. Publishers of the Annual World Watch List, which monitors global Christian persecution, Open Doors is also concerned about the future of Christianity in biblical locations like Syria.
From time to time I receive emails or letters from listeners to this Morning Devotions segment. It’s always encouraging to get that type of feedback. One day I received a brief note. I won’t use her real name. I’ll call her Julie and part of her note said: Listening to Christian teaching calms me and… Continue reading Responding to a Difficult Situation
We live in an age where Christian belief has been marginalised and faith relegated to the ‘back burner’ of life – if it is considered at all. Accompanying this is the rise of ‘celebrity’ atheists who are feted for their clever anti-religious analysis. In a wide ranging conversation, journalist and author of ‘God is Good for You’, Greg Sheridan, and Open House host, Stephen O’Doherty, discuss Christianity in the ‘post-truth’ age, politics and faith and the contribution Christianity has made to the fundamental institutions of western society.
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