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Stories of Hope

Nov 3, 2024

Navigating dating and love is often something we do when we are young and inexperienced. If we do this well we can avoid a world of hurt. The lovely Sue and I dated in our early 20s and it was both wonderful and terrifying. Giving someone your heart is risky and we just don't know what the future holds.


Oct 31, 2024

Lucas Cairns is a talented musician, a loving husband and a father of 4. He is a Salvo officer who loves young people and is also a heart transplant recipient with a whole new lease of life. It will do you good to listen to this man explain how he has embraced the storms of life and how much he delights in the everyday...


Oct 30, 2024

Australia is a wealthy country but if we don't make a plan for generosity and think well about it, we can be as stingy as anyone. On the other hand, it's OK to use money and enjoy life, so making sure I wasn't a cheap skate with my outfit for my daughters wedding, was something the lovely Sue controlled carefully....


Oct 27, 2024

Healthy relationships are really important and we do well to consider the balance we have, so that work, church, hobbies and family get the sort of relational attention they deserve. Movie nights with my adult daughters and our cute puppy, Maggie has been a delight.


Oct 24, 2024

In this the final episode on my series with Andy King on Supervision, we chat with three Salvo phone assessment workers and my pastoral supervisor about the way supervision helps in skills development and capacity in the workplace and also how it makes staff feel personally valued and supported.