By: Kim Wilkinson
Tune in to the broadcast of the Change The Heart annual January service. Continue reading “Tuning in Together for #ChangeTheHeart”
Send Hope – Pack a Gift-Filled Shoebox for Operation Christmas Child
By: Hope Media
It’s exciting to be partnering with Operation Christmas Child this year to bring gift-filled shoeboxes to children in need, in over 100 countries around the world. Continue reading “Send Hope – Pack a Gift-Filled Shoebox for Operation Christmas Child”
Australia is the World Record Holder of the Largest Christmas Light Display!
By: Rachel Murphy
Christmas seems like such a long time away, but we’re officially in the second half of 2020! As we wonder what the rest of the year will look like and how different the next festive season could be, we thought we’d give you a nice healthy dose of festive spirit! Continue reading “Australia is the World Record Holder of the Largest Christmas Light Display!”
Teaching Our Kids to Be Thankful in Everything
By: Annette Spurr
Last school holidays were like none other for many parents around the world. Camping trips and day trips were cancelled, playdates were off, and there wasn’t even sport on TV! Continue reading “Teaching Our Kids to Be Thankful in Everything”
Home Will Be the Hero: Creating a Safe Place for Our Tweens and Teens
By: Michelle Mitchell
The feeling of packing your bags up and heading home is always bittersweet, especially if it wasn’t in the original plan. Continue reading “Home Will Be the Hero: Creating a Safe Place for Our Tweens and Teens”
Australians Prepare to Mark Anzac Day On Their Driveways at 6am
By: Clare Bruce
Above: (L) Kelly Wall in Landsborough, QLD, paints her wheelie bin ahead of Saturday (Photo: Facebook)
Australians in their thousands are preparing to mark Anzac Day from their driveways on Saturday, after the cancellation of all public Anzac gatherings due to coronavirus restrictions. Continue reading “Australians Prepare to Mark Anzac Day On Their Driveways at 6am”
Banjo Paterson’s Forgotten ANZAC Role: One of the Least-Known Parts of His Life
By: Annie Hamilton
Main image: Australian bush poet A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson. Inset: Light Horseman Private Richard Harwell Bryant on his waler, the kind of horse broken in and trained by Banjo Paterson. Bryant died aged only 38 while serving in Beirut, Syria, 1918. Photo: Australian War Memorial. All photos: Public Domain
Those tough Aussie horses, broken in and trained for the exact task before them, struggled in the soft, burning Middle Eastern sand, their fetlocks sinking deep in the desert hills. Continue reading “Banjo Paterson’s Forgotten ANZAC Role: One of the Least-Known Parts of His Life”
What Seeing Jesus Tomb Taught Me About His Resurrection
By: Laura Bennett
Last year I returned from 18 days in Israel and Jordan. Together with my family we toured biblical sites, and immersed ourselves in the complicated history of the nations’ cultural significance.
Continue reading “What Seeing Jesus Tomb Taught Me About His Resurrection”
6 Fun Things You Can Still Do This Easter Weekend
By: Christine Addis
My family and I have developed some traditions over the years that have become part of normal life in the Addis household and one of those traditions has been to organise a treasure hunt at Easter with the “treasure” being Easter eggs. Continue reading “6 Fun Things You Can Still Do This Easter Weekend”
What’s So Good About Good Friday?
By: Berni Dymet
Good Friday. Gee – you read the historical account – doesn’t seem that good. So – was there anything good about Good Friday? Continue reading “What’s So Good About Good Friday?”