STRANGESIGHTS: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – OF GOATS SINGING CAROLS; ‘BADVENT’ CALENDARS; AND, SURFING SANTAS…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
RED FROGS: IN AMONG THE “SCHOOLIES” ON A MISSION TO “SAFEGUARD A GENERATION”
The Red Frogs were out again recently to offer assistance, support and encouragement to young Australians celebrating the end of their school life (known colloquially as “schoolies”). LAUREN MUSCAT, who recently spent a week embedded with a Red Frogs team on Victoria’s south-west coast, writes about her time among them…
In Nigeria, 18 Chibok parents have died as wait for girls goes on
World Watch Monitor As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas with close friends and family members, the Christians in Chibok prepare for another Christmas without their girls. World Watch Monitor spoke to Yakubu Nkiki Maina, chairman of the Chibok Abducted School Girls’ Parents’ Association. His 18-year-old daughter, Maimuna, was among the more than […]
POSTCARDS: OPENING UP NEW VISTAS OF HOPE IN KENYA
In October this year, two Queensland-based Uniting Church ministers, Wendy Campbell and Dona Spence, went to Kenya with representatives of international Christian development organisation CBM Australia to witness first hand how the organisation is working to help break the cycle of poverty and disability in the lives of the poor. Here are some images taken […]