David
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Transforming love – reaching our communities
This one thing I know. I know that I am loved. I credit my parents for this knowledge – knowledge deep in my bones. When I fought with them, even when I hated them, I knew I was loved. When they yelled at me and even when they punished me, I was loved.
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This busy business of life
We live in a busy world. This is common knowledge and well accepted; some even go so far as to say that we live in an increasingly busy world.
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Report: Haemorrhaging Faith Conference, Melbourne
The Haemorrhaging Faith Conference ran in Melbourne in early March, hosted by Baptist Union Victoria. It was held with the mission of \'revealing important research into why youth and young adults are leaving the church and what we can do to arrest that trend\'.
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Ramon Williams honoured with Youth Award "name"
The Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) have honoured one of their Citation holders and greatly revered member, Mr Ramon Williams and an ARPA Guetenmberg Award winner in 1987, with their new $1500 Youth Scholarship.
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Why our time with God is a good investment
We\'ve all felt like we don\'t have enough time. We don\'t have enough time to read that new book, catch up with a friend or even eat breakfast in the morning.
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Ordaining the Ordinary
\'The most important part of being a Christian is turning up to church on a Sunday.\'
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Bushwalking (camping), Trecking, national pastimes
It took me a little while to get a handle on the New Zealand term \'trekking\' as many of our New Zealand young writers spoke of trekking and it seemed something of a national pastime.
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Japan marks four years since devastating tsunami, still feels aftershocks
Four years after a magnitude 9 earthquake shook northern and eastern Japan, the region is rocked by tremors at more than double the average rate of the decade before the disaster.
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Children rescued from Boko Haram are so traumatised they can't remember their own names
About 80 children rescued from a Boko Haram camp in Cameroon cannot remember their own names or where they come from, reports the BBC.
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5 things to avoid when times are tough
When trials are high and our spirits are low it\'s tempting to shut ourselves off from the things we need the most. At times we are numbed by pain, we reach our stress threshold and our hearts grow hard. We become apathetic.