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Love

Love Feeling loved is one of the best feelings in the world and can make you feel like you’re walking on air. Valentine’s Day with all its focus on love and romance can make you look at your own relationships…Are romance and love the same thing? Does it change when you have a long established […]

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Renew The Romance Booklet

Renew The Romance In Your Marriage Do you feel like you’ve traded in romance for the irritation of everyday conflict, a tense feeling at home, and a spouse who doesn’t seem to care about what you need or want? You can renew the romance! Learn to focus on your relationship, the “WE” when problems arise. […]

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I Do

Almost 50% of marriages end in divorce in Australia. How do you avoid becoming one of these statistics? How do we nurture our relationships so that they last? Keeping romance alive in a relationship can have its challenges. Listen to Adrian Kitson share his own experiences on trying to keep a relationship alive and fulfilling.

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Australia Day – what makes a community?

All around Australia a lot of communities have special events to celebrate Australia Day. It’s is a great time to reflect on who we are, where we’ve come from, and what it means to live as a community of people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests. Listen as Richard and Celia talk about what makes a community strong, especially in tough times.

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Forgiveness Booklet

Forgiveness Forgiveness heals. Discover how forgiveness, offered and received, leads to a transforming peace. Please enter your name and email address below so we can send you a password to download the booklet. Name EmailOrder the PDF Booklet If you would like a printed version sent to you, click here to order the printed version […]

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A Second Chance

A Second Chance “Dion: I remember many times especially in my later high school years planning how I was gonna run away, yelling into my pillow that I hated Dad. Family relationships don’t always work out the way we’d like them to but it doesn’t necessarily mean giving up. Listen as Richard talks with Gavin […]

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Language of Love

What does love look like to you? Listen to Richard this week as he chats with Chris and Julie about how simple misunderstandings, can make a strong relationship shaky, and what we can do to turn it around.

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Australia – what makes a community?

We’ve just celebrated Australia Day and there’s been lots of focus on celebrating community. Its a great
time to reflect on who we are, where we’ve come from, and what it means to live as a community
of people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests. What are your Australia Day
memories?

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Payback

When someone hurts you, how do you react? Do you want revenge? Revenge might feel better for a time but in the end the hurts remain. Listen to Rob Schubert, who’ll talk about a better way to deal with those who hurt us.

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Understanding Conflict

How do you deal with conflict? No matter who you are, there will be conflict in your life at some stage. Listen to Richard this week as he talks with Bruce, a mediator in several countries around the world. There is hope to deal with conflict in a healthy way.

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Read a free booklet to help heal and strengthen your relationships

Forgiveness

It is easy to talk about forgiving, but much more difficult to actually carry it out. In forgiving, we let go of the resentment and blame that has taken hold as a result of hurt. Everyone needs forgiveness...and everyone needs to forgive. Forgiveness heals. Within these pages you will discover how forgiveness, offered and received, leads to a transforming peace.

Renew The Romance

Do you feel like you've traded in romance for the irritation of everyday conflict, a tense feeling at home, and a spouse who doesn't seem to care about what you need or want? This booklet gives tips to renew the romance.

Now You’re Talking

One characteristic of healthy relationships is effective communication. However, communication breakdowns are often left undetected until conflicts arise. Because it’s often hard to understand the root causes of conflict, this booklet focuses on how life experiences shape communication patterns and personal conflict style.

Uncover the Lover Within

Do you wish your marriage had the passion and romance of a Hollywood movie – but your big romantic moments are set in fast-food restaurants or written on grocery-store greeting cards? The author of this booklet knows how you feel. She’s felt disappointed and angry when her marriage didn’t measure up to the ideal. Now she’s found ways to create romance in her marriage every day. Find out what she’s learned from ten years of marriage and from professional experience counseling couples. From creating the right mood and caring for yourself to looking at your relationship with new perspective, she’ll show you how to uncover the lover within!

For Better, For Worse

Soaring divorce rates indicate that good marriages don’t just happen. A good marriage requires a firm foundation and effective ways to deal with key areas such as financial concerns, decision-making processes, child-rearing etc. This booklet shares four principles of a healthy marriage and provides practical recommendations to maintain the love that brought you together in the first place.

Beyond Divorce

With divorce comes upheaval. Like puzzle pieces scattered on a floor, the divorced person is left putting his or her life back together – often with only the faintest picture to work from.

Speaking of Care

Have you ever considered the demands of giving and receiving care? This booklet shares the challenges, joys, and unexpected blessins experienced by those deeply involved in the care process.

Comebacks

Sometimes we would all like the chance to start over, to make a comeback. Order our booklet ‘Comebacks’ to read about God’s goodness, and his grace at work as it transforms our lives

Has God Abandoned Me?

Domestic violence has no boundaries, and it does not care about social standing, age, ethnicity, or religion. It traps its victims in a very lonely and frightening prison. A woman in such a situation often feels isolated and alone, as if she is the only one in this horrible situation. But there is hope. This booklet is designed to answer questions and help you understand domestic violence.

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