29 July 2020

From southern Iraq to Australia, Aster shares the fulfilment of a childhood dream come true. By Aster Jindou My late father had dreamed about coming to Australia since 1969, when all of his family mov...

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28 July 2020

Danielle Strickland is a Salvation Army member, spiritual leader and communicator based in Canada. By Danielle Strickland The entire world seems to be in some stage of grief right now because of what ...

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1 April 2020

Lighten the load in your suitcase — and life — by not carrying around excess baggage. I hate packing! Whether it’s to move house, go on holidays or to a conference, packing is on...

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1 April 2020

Telling tales about each other connects families through the generations. Everyone loves a spider story. Like the time when my 10-year-old daughter put her foot into her school shoe and a huntsman ra...

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1 April 2020

Honouring a gift of sacrifice that knows no boundaries. Every evening at 8pm the Last Post is played under the great arch of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium. I recently witne...

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1 April 2020

Panic attacks were paralysing Tina until she met God at a Salvo church. For me, anxiety came in the form of panic attacks. I was 32 years old and 25 weeks pregnant with twins when I experienced the s...

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1 April 2020

No place for masks at the local bakery. Can we sit and chat for a while? Would that be okay? I mean, in an ideal world, you and I would be hanging out at Bourke Street Bakery right now. The guy at th...

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1 April 2020

New film Military Wives shows that sometimes, a shared understanding of life’s pressures is not enough.  There are some films that male reviewers watch which they feel somewhat ...

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1 April 2020

Tammi Parsons shares how her basketball team has helped her through her battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. My name is Tammi Parsons. I am 39 years old. I have been married for 10 years to th...

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1 April 2020

Author, speaker and educator Dianne Todaro-Wells says the Salvos saved her life. Thirty-six years ago, successful international author, speaker and educator Dianne Todaro-Wells finally found the help...

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