The Story of Australia’s First Saint, Mary MacKillop, Children and The Poor
By: Annie Hamilton
The tiny face of the boy in the rowing boat was screwed up in timidity and fear. Read more
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“I’m Grateful I Had a Brain Tumour” Says Comedy Writer Jeannie Gaffigan
By: Laura Bennett
In life’s hardest seasons, all of us have to make a choice about finding a way through, and deciding what will help us get to the other side. Read more
Australia’s Oldest Man Celebrates His 109th Birthday – On Zoom!
By: Ben McEachen
Frank Mawer had a lockdown birthday on Sunday 15 August, with an appropriate COVID-safe Zoom party. Read more
Autism Celebrated, Those Struggling with Alcohol and Addiction Embraced in ‘The Chosen’
By: Laura Bennett
While a lot of Christian movies and series seek to be aspirational or inspiring, it’s rare to find one that’s been as truly ground-breaking as The Chosen – the first multi-series dramatisation of Jesus’ life and that of his disciples. Read more
“I Was Always Aware I Had to be Bigger Than the Black Line” – Olympian Elka Whalan
By: Laura Bennett
The Tokyo Games are really unlike any other we’ve seen before. Not only have the athletes had to reach the top of their field to be there, but they’re competing in the midst of a pandemic with unique challenges and pressures, and onlookers around the world are relying on them to provide a hopeful escape from the limits of our lockdown. Read more
“Disability Isn’t In My Vocabulary”: Skye-Blue Henderson from ‘The Amazing Race Australia’
By: Sam Robinson
Skye-Blue Henderson represented those with a physical difference on primetime television, and proved to a watching nation she’s more than capable of smashing any challenge. Read more
Small Boy, Big Heart
By: CBM Australia
For many 11-year-olds, coming across some extra money might mean a shopping trip for video games or toys. But for Curtis, money in his pocket is an opportunity to help children not as fortunate as him. Read more
Meet the Australian Surgeon Changing the Lives of Women in Africa
By: Katrina Roe
Today, two million African women suffer from obstetric fistulas. Read more
Deadly Science Helps Remote Kids Wonder About the World Around Them
By: Sam Robinson
Deadly Science is getting science textbooks and equipment into the hands of kids in Indigenous communities. Read more
New Podcast ‘Incurable’ Explores a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
By: Justin Rouillon
When Rhonda Bjelan received an unexpected and terminal cancer diagnosis she did something incredible. Read more