This week’s dilemma is about a husband who works overseas – and the effects this is having on his family here in Australia.Rachel’s husband went to work in Dubai three years ago. In the first year, she says he’d visit...
The largest group of boat people to hit our shores since 2001 arrived in Australia this week…. 83 Sri Lankans, and 2 Indonesians were intercepted by the navy near Christmas Island on Wednesday.The group has now been transferred to Christmas...
You may have heard the news of Britney Spears’ shock new look this week….Just in case you didn’t hear about it,.. pop princess Britney Spears is now bald. Images of her freshly shaven head were broadcast on quite a few...
If there’s one TV show Merryn and I can’t miss it’s The West Wing. We’ve come to the series late but are endeavouring to hire out the previous episodes. The writing and acting is brilliant, and opens a wide window...
He’s been called one of the most important economists in the world. An advisor to Kofi Annan and teacher to Bono, he believes we can end the world’s poverty by the year 2025. A tall claim? Make up your own...
Marriage is probably one of THE defining moments in a person’s life…but what do you do to prepare yourself for it? I read an amusing article in The Age this week – actually on Valentine’s Day - about the questions that...
Joan Sauer’s research suggested that 70 per cent of both girls and boys want more sex education. They don’t want more information on the mechanics—they’re getting that in sex-ed class at school. No, apparently they’re wanting more information on the...
In yesterday’s Good Weekend magazine, Fairfax newspapers asked this question: ‘Could infidelity save your marriage?’ The shock headline pointed to an excerpt from a new book by controversial marriage therapist Esther Perel, who suggests that a third person—either real or...
He was one of New York’s most feared gang leaders. He became one of the world’s most renown preachers. Through books like The Cross and the Switchblade and Run Baby Run, his story of organising street warfare to rescuing Brooklyn’s addicts...
i-Pods have in many ways, changed the way we listen and buy music – they’ve changed the way we learn and the way we access audio content. But as we increasingly tune in, are we doing so at the expense...
One of our listeners has suggested we explore whether or not bribery is ever ethical. Have you ever been in a situation where bribery has been an acceptable course of action? Last year’s inquiry into the business activities of wheat...
Most religions have pilgrimages: sacred journeys of spiritual importance. Islam has its pilgrimage to Mecca—the Hajj—a journey required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford it at least in once in their lifetime. Buddhism has four pilgrimage sites in India...
Join us for Open House this week for another dose of life, faith and culture, and for another special guest of international renown.He formed his first band at the age of 9, was playing professionally at 13, and today James...
Here in the west, Osama Bin Laden is despised for his role in the September 11 attacks, for freely admitting he was behind the cold blooded operation, which killed nearly 3000 people.So, emotions rose when a number of churches placed...
Do you ever get sucked into buying something because you get a free gift with it if you do? It might be two for the price of one, it might be a free scarf or even sunglasses with a magazine.But...
Hope and tears in the City of Smiles. That’s how I’ll remember the afternoon of Saturday January 6, 2007. On that afternoon a fifteen year old girl named Riza Gallego stole my heart, then broke it. As a result, I’ll...
Join us this Sunday night for our new 3-hour show: new segments, new guests and a national audience. Our special guests will be Gary Chapman, author of the phenomenally popular book The Five Love Languages, and Gospel music artist Rebecca...
