By: Akos Balogh“Your days are numbered, Maverick. Your kind is heading for extinction.” So said a US Admiral (played by actor Ed Harris) to Maverick (Tom Cruise) in the latest Tom Gun movie. While the Admiral was referring to fighter pilots – and their breed heading for...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezWhat to remember and what to forget? Your memory is a fascinating thing. Remembering what is bad in our lives comes easily to us, but remembering what is good often takes hard work! It’s so much easier to remember the bad times we have been through and the bad stuff...
By: Kim WilkinsonAustralians are experiencing a renewed spiritual awakening with three in ten praying more since the pandemic.A recently released report has revealed that the experience of COVID-19 has caused many Australians to experience a renewed spiritual search. A third of Australians have...
By: McCrindleA rising trend in Australia is the affinity for no religion1. While one in five Australians (22%) considered themselves as non-religious in 2011, the number has been rising with three in ten (30%) considering themselves as non-religious in 2016.2Despite not considering themselves as...
By: Kim WilkinsonNew study finds that 4 in 5 Australians, particularly young people, are open to talking about spiritual topics, including views that are different from their own.Younger generations are the most open to having a conversation about spirituality.The research, conducted by McCrindle...
By: Sheridan VoyseyHow can we cultivate, care for, tend our soul right now to stay, well, sane? Here are six strategies I’m trying to implement with links to explore some related practices. 1. Limit Your Screen TimeIf ever there’s been a time to be engaged citizens, it’s now. We...
By: Tania HarrisEverybody dreams. Scientists tell us that we all dream for one to two hours a night.1 Dreams are a normal and healthy part of being human. But where do they come from?A middle-aged woman named Karen once told me her dream. Karen was in her bedroom trying to look in the mirror, but...
By: Sheridan VoyseyIf there’s one member of our household taking these uncertain times in his stride, it’s our black-furred, silver-pawed cockapoo, Rupert—whose playfulness is getting him through heatwaves and lockdowns alike.Rupert’s joy seems based on the fact he...
By: Sheridan VoyseyOn a day-to-day level, few of us probably think much about angels. They’re just stone statues in cemeteries or marble sculptures in galleries, the stuff of children’s tales and renaissance paintings, not of flesh-and-blood life. I may be wrong, but even people of...
By: Katrina RoeMike Willesee was arguably Australia’s most famous journalist and broadcaster. He spent more than fifty years working as a journalist across newspapers, radio, television and documentaries.When he was 51 years old, on his way to a documentary shoot in South Sudan, he had a...
By: Sheridan Voysey“We’re going to give God all the glory right now—all the glory.”The Hammond organ softly played, the choir began to sway and the congregation launched into a Gospel song. But this was no church service, and the speaker was no preacher. Instead, it was...
