Comebacks For those of us who have blown it or would like a “re-do,” comebacks are high on the agenda. There’s no shortage of things in this world that can “rock our boat” or “upset our applecart.” Natural disasters, human crazies, financial perils, messed-up childhoods—any or all of these can put us down—and keep us […]
Relationships
Disagreeing Well
Disagreement. It happens all the time. For many of us, as we look at our lives, there tends to be one ‘type of person’ with whom we often end up in conflict (or avoid being in conflict). In this article, Rev Chris Mann from Lifelong Leaders explores the four types of people we may disagree with, what we can learn from them, and how to improve our relationships with them.
If I were a mum
Mothers play such an important role in the world, and in most of our lives. Whether we see them often, or not at all, they shape a lot of who we grow up to be. Listen as we chat to people from all walks of life about what they love about their Mum.
Connecting our cultures
Connecting our cultures “We do things when we’re in communities… because we do them to remind ourselves of our own culture and where we come from. We’ve all got different backgrounds and we’ve got to respect that and appreciate that. But at the same time, we’ve got to get on and we’ve got to work […]
Reconciling Relationship Conflict
What can you do when it seems your relationship is over? Is there any hope of reconciliation? Listen as Paul Kerber, who has worked in reconciliation, shares his experience with reconciling relationships and finding hope in seemingly hopeless situations.
Understanding Conflict
How do you deal with conflict? No matter who you are, there will be conflict in your life at some stage. Listen to Richard this week as he talks with Bruce, a mediator in several countries around the world. There is hope to deal with conflict in a healthy way.
Payback
When someone hurts you, how do you react? Do you want revenge? Revenge might feel better for a time but in the end the hurts remain. Listen to Rob Schubert, who’ll talk about a better way to deal with those who hurt us.
Feeling Lonely?
All of us have the potential to be surrounded by people, but if we are not known, it can seem that we don’t even exist. Loneliness can be that sense of not being known. How do we overcome isolation and restore connections? Listen as James Winderlich shares how God created us for community and the hope from loneliness to feeling connected.
Blended Families
Blended Families “It’s a funny thing when you join two families and two houses, you don’t mean to be, but you’re actually really quite threatened about trying to maintain territory. And I think we learned that we both had to give a lot more than 50 percent to make it work.” Parenting can be pretty […]
Defending Territory
How do you bring two families together into a new family unit? Mark’s children were in their late teens and Beth’s were primary school age. Tune in and hear how they coped with different parenting styles and discipline, and what it took to make the relationships work.