For the second time this year our special guest will be author Philip Yancey. This time he’ll be in the studio, taking your calls, so get ready to ponder life, faith and everything in between with a man of perennial questions...
I’ve just finished reading through the Gospel of Luke again, in the New Testament. It’s not that large a book—you could read it from start to finish within a couple of hours. But this time I read it over a...
Are children in faith-based or Christian schools given the opportunity to engage critically with religious belief? Not according to visiting academic from London, Dr Stephen Law. In an article published by Fairfax this week, he posed the question:“To what extent...
Tonight, I want to hear about a “close call” in your life…about a decision that you almost made but are glad you didn’t, or a decision you almost DIDN’T make but are glad you did! With the benefit of hindsight,...
Our dilemma this week is from Veneeta…who wrote in to us via dilemma@theopenhouse.net.au... Veneeta is a teenager—in year 8 in fact. And her dilemma is all about friends. From memory this is the first time we’ve had a teenager ask...
On Open House this week, the man who turned a struggling US coffee shop chain into an Australian success story. Peter Irvine is his name, Gloria Jeans is the franchise, and this Sunday you’ll hear Peter share his vision of...
Have you seen the ads the government has created, to prevent people from using the drug “ice?”The Department of Health has released the new ad, showing the effects of using ice, and it doesn’t shy away from using violence to...
This week's Everyday Dilemma is from Anne. Anne says she doesn’t know what to say when people ask her how she is, and she’s NOT O.K.Anne has chronic physical health issues, and says she still tries to lead as normal a...
Over the last few weeks we’ve talked about the advice we’d give if we could sit down with ourselves as sixteen year olds. We’ve dreamed about who we would choose to have a week long apprenticeship with. And last week...
My guest this week on Open House is noted as a man of integrity, one of the ‘nice guys’ of politics, yet a man who has suffered tragedy. As a child he lost his mother to cancer, and his sister...
We all have ideas from a young age about how our life may turn out, and about what our future may hold. One of the most common progressions is: you go to school, you then go to uni or start...
Lara has been receiving several phone calls from an unidentified caller for the last couple of weeks, out of the blue.They’re not very pleasant calls. She has no idea who the man is, but he’s told her he loves her...
Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition leader Kevin Rudd have addressed Christians around the nation, in a live web broadcast to more than 700 churches, from the National Press Club in Canberra. Both leaders spoke of the contribution Christianity has made...
A very special guest on Open House this week... The author of over 50 books, with 28 million copies in print, in 2005 Reader's Digest dared to call him "The Best Preacher in America”. His name is Max Lucado. He’ll...
According to the Australian Primary Principals Association, primary school curriculums are becoming too cluttered, and many schools and teachers are suffering from a lack of clarity about what should be taught.What do you think are the most important subjects for...
This week’s dilemma is from Nathan, who's in a band with three other mates. They’re doing quite well and are keen to record some of their tracks so they can produce their first E.P.But Nathan's concerned that while three of the guys...
If you could take an apprenticeship with anyone in the world…alive or dead…who would it be and what skill would you like to pick up?Maybe you’d like to learn how to be more charismatic…with Bill Clinton. Maybe you’d like to...
I was doing a bit of internet research this week and came across an interesting story in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, about the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro. Rio has about 600 of these settlements (or ‘favelas’ as they’re called),...
