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February 28, 2010

A Year of Living Biblically

  Writer AJ Jacobs tried a radical experiment: Living out every single biblical command for a whole year. It's the topic of his book, "The Year of Living Biblically". In this interview, he talks about this Biblical adventure, as well as...

February 22, 2010

'Blue Like Jazz' author Don Miller

Donald Miller's first book didn't sell many copies, but his second book? A publisher's dream. "Blue Like Jazz" has sold 1 million copies and made author Donald Miller a big name in Christian circles. Hear him this Sunday...

February 21, 2010

Do you let your kids see MA15+ movies?

News Limited conducted some research this month into how mums and dads parent their kids - and the results, which came out this weekend, were pretty interesting. The survey revealed the approach of NSW parents to computers, mobile phones, smacking,...

February 16, 2010

Yazz - 80s Popstar Tells All

In 1988 a short-haired girl with ripped jeans and shoulder pads had an international hit. That girl was Yazz and the hit song, The Only Way Is Up. Plenty has happened to Yazz since then and we had a...

February 15, 2010

Book Review - The Catcher In The Rye

A review of JD Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", by Kara Martin On the 27th January, JD Salinger died. The 91-year-old only published one full-length novel... so how do we explain the enormous interest he arouses? Ironically, it was...

February 14, 2010

Censoring YouTube

This week Senator Steve Conroy, the communications minister, told the ABC's Hungry Beast that he wants Google to apply tighter censoring to the video website, You Tube. The discussion was part of an interview about the government's ISP filtering plans. Although...

February 11, 2010

In Conversation With Leeland

I had a rare opportunity to catch up with the boys from Leeland recently, during their "Love Is On The Move" tour of Australia. Despite the band's phenomenal success, I found lead singer Leeland Mooring and his brother / keyboard...

February 7, 2010

Dissatisfied With Church?

Dr Larry Crabb is a prolific Christian author who has written for and about the church for years. So why, in his latest book Real Church, is he talking about his growing disinterest in church... (Picture: Barclay Gibson)

Three Generations Living Together: Good or Bad?

A report came out in the media this week about what Australia might look like in the year 2050, with some big lifestyle changes coming as our population grows to a predicted 36 million. One of those big changes will...

February 5, 2010

The Sexualisation of Girls

Nearly everywhere you look, our culture is offering us sexual images, on billboards, on TV, in magazines. There's porn companies selling childrens merchandise; video games that simulate rape and magazines forcing little girls to become sexually aware.   Where once...

Glenn Wheatley on Life After Gaol

He started playing in a little Brisbane band called Bay City Union. Then came The Masters Apprentices--the so-called 'Rolling Stones of Australia'. His experiences in those bands led him to hang up the bass guitar and take on the role...

Ray Martin on Open House

Ray Martin needs no introduction.  We're all familiar with his phenomenal television career but in this interview with Sheridan, Ray goes beyond the public persona to reveal a turbulent childhood, a devoted mother, his successes and failures, and a life-long...

God, Haiti and Suffering

I'll never forget my visit to Haiti two years ago--the dusty streets, the car wrecks everywhere, the UN tanks and armed soldiers stationed on every corner. I'll never forget seeing whole families living in half-built bessar-brick shanty homes, the scores...