Open House Interviews

The huge issue of human rights was not even mentioned during the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. Former Australian High Court Justice, Michael Kirby, chaired a UN committee investigating shocking abuses in the secretive state. The report of the investigation detailed a state sponsored system of abuse which included, forced abortions, political executions, torture and religious persecution.

Inadequate sleep, meals missed and a lack of exercise are sapping Australians of the energy needed for everyday activity and it’s impacting on productivity and the national economy, according to a research study by the University of Sydney Business School and human performance firm, Energx.

In Ethiopia people with a disability are often referred to simply as the label for their condition. Jane Edge CEO of CBM was delighted on a recent visit when a person the aid organisation helped excitedly told her, "They call me by my name now. I'm not called lame anymore."

W. Paul Young, NY Times Best Selling Author of the Shack, was in denial. Sexually abused as a child, he says he learned to "hide everything". It nearly ruined his marriage. How did this self-confessed Prodigal find forgiveness and repair his marriage and life?

New research from Anglicare Australia shows that poor single households are especially vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness. Particularly at risk are females, the elderly and people with a disability. Their disconnection from community and social networks impacts their physical and mental health. It can also adversely affect the entire local community.

A revival of personal faith in Jesus led to a movement known as evangelical Christianity. These were social reformers who successfully saw slavery abolished and pushed for a humanitarian approach to the white settlement of Australia. This is their story.

Are there any winners when science and religion go head to head? Do we even need to decry science in the name of religion? Dr Chris Mulherin says that science and faith can live happily together - Christian faith has nothing to fear from scientific fact.

New research suggests carbon dated archaeology may need to be re-calibrated. The finding may help solve a puzzle, pointing to evidence which corroborates Biblical accounts of the United Monarchy of David and Solomon.

Has Australia's offshore detention of children on former phosphate island, Nauru, caused us to lose our moral compass. World Vision CEO Clare Rodgers thinks so.

Married for 50 years, Mike and Bev had shared everything. Raising a family. Their call to ministry in rural and city congregations. Mike's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in 2000 and Bev's of Motor Neurone Disease three years later. Knowing what lay ahead they were determined to continue sharing every aspect of their remaining time together with full honesty.