Tag Archive for: hope 103.2

“Global Domination” of the Gospel Begins with an Effective Youth Ministry

By: Amy Cheng

A key indicator of a flourishing church is an effective youth ministry, a leader in youth and children’s ministry has said. Read more

When a Loved One Goes to Jail – Prison Ministry Making a Difference

By: Amy Cheng

Fourteen years ago, Jill’s* husband was arrested and sent to prison, but that was just the beginning of her story. Read more

Fighting Feelings and the Past Come Head-to-Head in ‘Creed III’

By: Laura Bennett

Since the first Creed movie came out their links to the original Rocky franchise that inspired the spinoffs have started to thin, but there’s still something about an underdog’s fight to get to the top (and the training montages that come with it) that keeps us coming back to the story of Adonis Creed. Read more

Stressed? You Can Use it For Good, says Former Navy Officer Paul Taylor

By: Laura Bennett

When something’s hard, our culture tends to want to make it easier: tired of walking up stairs? Here’s an escalator. Don’t want to cook food? Here’s a takeaway or microwave-meal option. Read more

Empty Nest Syndrome: Who It Impacts and How to Survive

By: Ben McEachen

Janet Evans had heard about “empty nest syndrome“, where parents feel loss, grief and despair when adult children leave home and she did not think she was the sort of person this would happen to. Read more

Blood for a Bandage: Designer Camilla Franks’ New Mission

By: Mike Crooks

Beloved fashion designer Camilla Franks has teamed up with Lifeblood to encourage people to donate blood. Read more

Bush to Beach: A Program Teaching Indigenous Children Essential Life Skills

By: Amy Cheng

Forty indigenous children from North West NSW will be seeing the beach for the first time this summer, as part of a program promoting education for Australian bush kids. Read more

Brendan Fraser’s ‘The Whale’ Challenges How Faith Relates to People in Pain

By: Laura Bennett

Against the backdrop of a culture fed up with “fat shaming” and one that pushes against the link between identity and body size, a story about a morbidly obese recluse could be a difficult sell. Read more

Leyla in Syria says Church Shines Light In Darkness of Earthquakes

By: Ben McEachen

In freezing temperatures, Leyla* sleeps in a church in Aleppo, Syria, alongside others forced from their homes due to earthquake damage. Read more