By: Laura BennettMany parents have pulled their kids out of schools to help slow the spread of COVID-19. For many parents, diving head-first into home schooling will feel daunting – but it is possible to set up an effective learning environment at home.Parents’ main objective at this...
By: Duncan RobinsonOkay, so we’ve got to be bunkered down into our homes for the next little while – which means that the nature of work is radically changing.For the best part of a decade I was helping to establish new churches – which means I’ve spent a LOT of time...
By: Stuart SampsonI am a planner. That’s why I keep a diary. A diary gives me an idea of what to expect, a sense of control.Of course, I didn’t have coronavirus in my diary, I didn’t expect it, and there is very little I can do to control it.Even if you don’t keep a diary,...
By: Clare BruceThis article provides you with information released up until Tuesday 31st March in regards to COVID-19 Police say they won’t hesitate to fine people breaking new coronavirus restrictions — since last night, it’s been illegal to be out with more than one other...
By: Clare BruceThis article provides you with information released up until Tuesday 24th March in regards to COVID-19 As at 6am on 24 March 2020, there have been 1,823 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. There have been 344 new cases since 6am 23rd March. the myGov website crashed under the...
By: Laura BennettTruth in music is often hard-won. We Are Messengers can only write and sing such uplifting, anthemic, spiritual songs, full of declarations about sin, forgiveness, and mental health—because they’ve each wrestled with these things.In his early years as a young teen in...
By: Clare BruceIn times of crisis we often struggle with feelings of fear, anxiety, sadness, or hopelessness. There are many things you can do to care for yourself and others. The following expert mental health tips are from Max Schneider, a trauma counselling specialist and trainer at the...
By: Clare BruceDr Catherine Hamlin, the Australian woman who changed the face of Ethiopia with her dream of eradicating obstetric fistula in that nation, has died Wednesday at her home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation has posted the following announcement:Obstetric...
Above: Jeremy CampBy: Laura BennettWhen you fall in love and say “I do”, you believe it’s going to last forever.So when iconic Christian artist Jeremy Camp at 20 years of age asked his girlfriend Melissa to marry him, it was going against the grain: he knew full well she had...
By: Clare BruceChurches across Australia are gearing up to meet, pray and worship in homes or stream their Sunday services online, to comply with the new Coronavirus-related social distancing rules — including a limit of 100 people at indoor gatherings .Thousands of churches across the...
By: Clare BruceIn times of national emergency, people of faith are always ready to lend a hand to those in need—and to pray.Now, in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the combined Christian churches across every denomination in Australia have launched a ‘National Call to...
By: Clare BruceThis article provides you with information released on Wednesday 18th March in regards to COVID-19Coronavirus Wednesday 18 March HeadlinesThe Federal Government has increased restrictions on indoor non-essential gatherings to no more than 100 people as part of efforts to slow the...