“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
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Australian Churches Unite to Offer Homes, Seek Extra Visas for Afghans
Above: Micah Australia executive director Tim Costello
By: Ben McEachen
The Australian Christian community has come together in a massive show of support and advocacy for Afghans fleeing the Taliban regime. 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
Six Sentences of Comfort for an Afghan Living in Australia
By: Ben McEachen
An Afghan man living in Australia fears the worst for fellow Christians in Afghanistan. Read more
Ruthless Comparison is the Key to Success Says Hollywood’s Phil Cooke
By: Laura Bennett
Phil Cooke’s biography is a wild read. He’s produced TV and film programming in more than 60 countries around the world and, along the way, been shot at, survived military coups and been threatened with prison. Read more
Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman Says Opposition is an Opportunity to Grow
By: Laura Bennett
Switchfoot’s new album Interrobang was produced by a staunch atheist. That may seem like a pretty mundane fact to point out, given people of different faith backgrounds work together all the time, but in this case it meant the band’s album was completely infused with the philosophies their new music is trying to convey. Read more
‘Hercules’ Actor Kevin Sorbo Joins Professor John Lennox on Faith Exploration
By: Laura Bennett
John Lennox is rare amongst his fellow career mathematicians. As a devoted Christian, he has debated on multiple stages with some of the greatest minds in atheism and science – Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Atkins – about the existence of God, and how the arenas of faith and science relate to one another. Read more
40th Anniversary of Bible Smuggling Operation
By: Kim Wilkinson
To commemorate 40 years since the Chinese Bible smuggling operation – ‘Project Pearl’, Open Doors is encouraging Australians to become a Bible smuggler from home. Read more
Surviving Childlessness, Faith and Furbabies: Author Steph Penny
By: Katrina Roe
Ten years ago, Steph Penny was told she was “living in sin”. Read more