The bell had just rung for the end of recess. Children were heading back to their classrooms, and Year 1 teacher Mrs Boonen was preparing to return to hers when she noticed one of her students stumbling across the playground towards her, fists clenched, rubbing her eyes, sobbing. Mrs Boonen crouched to the ground and extended her arms to Amelia, and the six-year-old rushed into her teacher’s embrace. Continue reading “Learn How to Develop Emotional Intelligence”
SRE & Australia: Are We a Good Match?
By: Laura Bennett
Traditions are a fickle thing. A lot of us have them but can’t always remember where they came from. We like to protect them, but can be really disconnected from their origin. Continue reading “SRE & Australia: Are We a Good Match?”
Spiced Sweet Potato Soup with Pecans
By: Susan Joy
A smooth, thick and mildly spiced soup with a little crunch from pieces of pecans scattered through. Add a dollop of natural coconut yoghurt and a sprig of coriander to dress up your soup. Continue reading “Spiced Sweet Potato Soup with Pecans”
That’s not an Apology, This is an Apology; A Christian Apology
By: Anne Rinaudo
Apology has been in the news recently – mainly for all the wrong reasons. There has been Elon Musk to a Thai based diver, the Thai Wild Boars soccer team assistant coach to parents for getting trapped in a cave, Craig Kelly, MP, to the father of three children who died on the MH17 flight. Continue reading “That’s not an Apology, This is an Apology; A Christian Apology”
‘Human Flow’ – The Profound Film That’s Set to Change Hearts and Minds on Refugees
Above: Asylum seekers flee their homeland by boat, captured in the documentary ‘Human Flow’.
By: Clare Bruce
“The world is shrinking, and people from different religions, different cultures, are going to have to learn to live with each other.” Continue reading “‘Human Flow’ – The Profound Film That’s Set to Change Hearts and Minds on Refugees”
Worship and Relationship
By: Susan Browning
Worship can’t exist without relationship – when you love something or someone you spend time with them, when you adore someone you lavish love on them. Worship simply means to place value or worth on something or someone. Ways we place worth-ship on someone is through compliments, praise, adoration, affirmation. We can only feel all those things through knowing someone, we can only know someone if we spend time in their presence. Continue reading “Worship and Relationship”
Handling the Conversations with Your Kids that Matter Most
By: Laura Bennett
Curiosity is something to be encouraged in our kids, but when they start to ask curly questions about life, faith, and why you make them set the table how do you handle it? Continue reading “Handling the Conversations with Your Kids that Matter Most”
Meatballs with Leek & Mushroom Creamy Sauce
By: Susan Joy
These flavoursome meatballs sit in a creamy leek and mushroom sauce. I like to make the meatballs into quite small balls so they are immersed well into the sauce. Continue reading “Meatballs with Leek & Mushroom Creamy Sauce”
You’re Both So Different? That Could Be What Makes Your Marriage Work
By: Sheridan Voysey
Twenty-one anniversaries later, I sometimes look at my wife Merryn and wonder how this marriage of ours works. I’m a writer and speaker, Merryn is a statistician. I work with words, she works with numbers. I want beauty, she wants function. We come from different worlds! Continue reading “You’re Both So Different? That Could Be What Makes Your Marriage Work”
3 Ways to Future-Proof our Schools, Students and Educational System
By: Michael McQueen
Over a century ago, the great educationalist John Dewey remarked: “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” Continue reading “3 Ways to Future-Proof our Schools, Students and Educational System”