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Called to serve
Do you ever feel inspired to make a difference but feel too small and insignificant?
‘I sometimes find I get a bit overwhelmed when I start looking at how many different ways that we could be helping and serving.
Don’t underestimate the power of being friends with someone, being a neighbour to someone, visiting someone who doesn’t get out of the house very often. It might be your grandma. The needs could be closer to you than you think. Making a difference for one person is making a difference.’
Listen as Eloise, a young person inspired to make a difference in the world, talks about the call to serve others.
Single but not Lonely
Emma is constantly faced with questions around her single life. She’s also been given plenty of unwanted advice! Listen as Emma shares how she navigates society’s expectations as a single person, and the hope she discovered in embracing being single.
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Enduring Love
When love is supposed to be forever, how does it survive through illness and death?
‘There’ll be swings and roundabouts. You’ll be, oh, you’re going fine, you know, and then suddenly you won’t.’
Listen to the enduring love story of Cheryl and Trevor. Hear Cheryl share the challenge of working through Trevor’s illness and how she found hope through the loss of a life-time love.
Find Out MoreLife Together When Apart
“It was kind of fun in the early years when he’d be gone for eight weeks at a time and he’d come back and it’d be like a new boyfriend every eight weeks. But it became tiring after a while and we realized that, if you actually expect the fresh and new each time that you’re going to get disappointed.” Listen as Luke and Jo share their story of separation and what they’ve learned about their relationship and keeping the family together.
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Worth Fighting For
Have you ever felt unloved and not worth fighting for? Listen as Sophie shares how she moved from feeling unworthy and unloveable to feeling connected and loved.
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Domestic Violence: Getting the Facts
Professor Sarah Wendt has dedicated her life to understanding the impacts of domestic violence, and hearing the stories of victims and survivors in Australia. Listen to Sarah share her insights from personal stories about the causes and effects and where we may find hope in such a painful topic.
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Nothing Normal: 12 Years of Foster Caring
Nothing Normal: 12 Years of Foster Caring Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a foster carer? ‘They say it takes a village to raise a child and it’s the same in foster care. Every child that’s come into our care, I know we’ve had a positive impact on, they’ve had good memories […]
Find Out MoreFinding Connection
There are times when the pieces of our life don’t seem to be fitting together as they should. Listen to Nancy – a wife, mother, and police officer. The stress of juggling everything had her feeling disconnected and becoming a person she just didn’t recognize. Hear how a change of perspective brought the sense of overwhelm back into balance.
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Out of the Cyclone
Out of the Cyclone “I like to describe depression as a vortex, like a cyclone or a tornado or something like that. You’ve sort of got control while you’re at the end of it. But as you start cycling into that tornado, you start losing control. Sometimes you just felt like, is this going to […]
Find Out MoreReconciling Relationship Conflict
What can you do when it seems your relationship is over? Is there any hope of reconciliation? Listen as Paul Kerber, who has worked in reconciliation, shares his experience with reconciling relationships and finding hope in seemingly hopeless situations.
Find Out MoreIf I were a mum
Mothers play such an important role in the world, and in most of our lives. Whether we see them often, or not at all, they shape a lot of who we grow up to be. Listen as we chat to people from all walks of life about what they love about their Mum.
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Disagreeing Well
Disagreement. It happens all the time. For many of us, as we look at our lives, there tends to be one ‘type of person’ with whom we often end up in conflict (or avoid being in conflict). In this article, Rev Chris Mann from Lifelong Leaders explores the four types of people we may disagree with, what we can learn from them, and how to improve our relationships with them.
Find Out MoreLanguage 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.
Find Out More50 Years of Loving
Relationships are important in our lives and none more so than with the people we choose to spend our lives with, but it’s not always easy. What’s the secret to a long and fulfilling relationship? Listen as Sue shares her story of nearly 50 years of marriage and what has sustained them through the challenges of parenting and growing old together.
Find Out MoreAustralia Day – 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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