Content Provision for Member Stations
By: Sharon Cheung
Two missed calls. Ten unread messages. One winter night changed my experience of grief forever – one which may haunt me for the rest of my life on earth. Continue reading “A Familiar Story for the Eternal Problem of Suffering”
By: City Bible Forum
Imagine being free from our problems for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Imagine living in a world where we could disconnect ourselves from the nagging personal foibles that encroach on our work life and professional development. Continue reading “Bring Your Grief to Your Workday! (Actually Please Don’t)”
By: City Bible Forum
Some film projects can be labelled as ‘getting the band back together.’ The Adam Project has the production team of Free Guy connecting with the world of 13 Going on 30. Continue reading “Grief and Growing up Explored in ‘The Adam Project’”
By: Sheridan Voysey
I came across a helpful word recently: wintering. Author Katherine May uses it to describe those moments when life turns cold through crisis or loss and we find ourselves living at a different, slower pace to everyone else.
Continue reading “There’s a Word for What I’m Experiencing: Wintering. Maybe You’re Feeling it Too”
By: Georgia Free
January 6, 2014. Michelle McLaughlin was excited to be on holiday with her husband, children and parents-in-law, on NSW’s Central Coast. Little did Michelle know, an afternoon trip to the beach was about to become the worst day of her life. Continue reading “Michelle McLaughlin: Finding Hope After Losing a Child”
By: Laura Bennett
Melissa McCarthy is really having a moment. Between 2018’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? (for which she was Oscar nominated), Nine Perfect Strangers and now The Starling, Melissa’s proving comedians crossing over into drama can be a powerful exchange. Continue reading “‘The Starling’ Shows Us We Can Overcome Grief in Many Ways”
By: Katrina Roe
Ten years ago, Steph Penny was told she was “living in sin”. Continue reading “Surviving Childlessness, Faith and Furbabies: Author Steph Penny”
By: Laura Bennett
Listening to good music offers us many things: a fun escape, new perspective, words to describe our feelings and, sometimes, a better understanding of what it means to be human. Continue reading “Grieving Can be One of the Greatest Paths to Joy – Award-Winning Artist Ellie Holcomb”
Once when I was young and I had a position of responsibility of a church, I was called to the hospital bedside of one of the members who had been run over by a truck earlier that day. He had suffered extremely serious injuries and he was lucky to be alive. Continue reading “Four Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who is Hurting”
By: Sheridan Voysey
Earlier this year, before COVID made things complicated, I attended a thanksgiving service for a much-loved member of our church. We lost Eileen to cancer at just 68 years of age. As the service began, more chairs had to be put out to accommodate the number of people arriving. And it led to a lesson learned about grief. Continue reading “Grief is the Honour We Give to Those Who Loved Us Well”