From workmate to soulmate? Dating a colleague is fraught with danger and can end in a total trainwreck - not just in terms of the romance, but also your career. Despite this, 40% of us have dated at work. Suzanne Bocking has worked in HR and as a counsellor - she has some practical tips to help you avoid the pitfalls.
When you're angry at God, pray. When there's nothing left that worth saying, pray. How can faith in God survive the kind of unthinkable suffering that occurred in Auschwitz?
For 15 years, Mariana Venturi considered cutting animal products out of her diet, but just couldn't manage to follow through. Then she read "The Healthiest People on Earth" by John Howard Weeks.
So you've just spent four hours scrolling through all your social media feeds, giving likes and hearts and cute comments. You've caught up with what all your friends are doing and it's supposed to be fun. So why do you feel so lonely and depressed? Digital natives Maryellen Fairfax and Jessica Krause do some soul searching with host Kent Kingston.
While many of the world's major world religions find a place for Jesus Christ within their beliefs, Christianity's teaching of the Holy Spirit - the Third Person of the Trinity - is much more unique. Author, theologian and high school religion teacher Jotham Kingston lays out the basics.
Denmark-born Kirsten Oster-Lundqvist has lived in different countries around the world — now she's in New Zealand. She says her experience as a global nomad has given her a glimpse into the cultural dislocation that impacts newly arrived refugees . . . but only a tiny glimpse.
When Aleta Bainbridge's grandson, Leonard, took his own life, the shock and grief reverberated around the family. Leonard had believed a lie, and Aleta wishes from the depths of her heart that he had known the full truth of how precious he really was. If only . . . If this episode brings up difficult emotions for you, please speak to a trusted support person or contact a community organisation such as Australia's Lifeline - 13 11 14. You are not alone.
What does our obsession with this blood-soaked epic tell us about the human hunger for meaning and significance? Cultural commentator and media critic Mark Hadley offers his insights.
Trying to get some men to open up about their emotions and struggles is well-nigh impossible. But put a screwdriver in their hand and a practical project in front of them—it's incredible what can get fixed!
"No mother should ever have to bury her child." But sadly, it's something too many mothers have said while they're doing just that. What is the impact of the loss of a child on a family? On a marriage? And is there any hope of healing? If this episode raises difficult feelings for you, please speak to a trusted support person or contact Lifeline Australia on 13 11 14.
Superbugs, super-fungi and the approaching whine of mosquito-borne diseases. Are you ready?
If you're impressed with your level of humility, you may have missed the point! Signs magazine's Daniel Kuberek chats with author, editor and activitist, Nathan Brown. Listeners who subscribe to the magazine at our website - http://signsofthetimes.org.au - and use the coupon code FALAFEL will receive a free copy of Nathan Brown's book along with their $A26 Signs subscription. (This is a limited offer available in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific region only and while stocks last.)...
The horror, shock and grief felt in the wake of a mass shooting like what happened earlier this year in Christchurch culminates in a simple, but agonised question: Why?
Why is it that, after all the advances of the women's movement in the past century, so young women today are reluctant to identify with the word... dare we utter it?... feminist? And can you be a Christian feminist, or is this a total oxymoron? Caitlin Jankiewicz—who identifies as a Christian, a feminist and a STEM girl—weighs in.
If your image of spirituality is limited to yoga pants and serene contemplation on an iStock beach, you need to think again. What can we learn about real, everyday spirituality from Jesus of Nazareth?
The growing young male subculture of strength and fitness training is a positive health trend in many ways. But an obsessive preoccupation with body image and "bulking up" too often leads to temptation . . .
How can a message about the looming end of days also be a message of hope? An interview with Discovery Bible School director, Pastor Wayne Boehm.
Has the secular left become the new religious right? Film critic and cultural commentator Mark Hadley explores this emerging trend in the public discourse.
The news you might have missed, the great protein debate and more . . . Signs of the Times editors Kent Kingston and Daniel Kuberek offer a sneak peek into the print-only features of this month's magazine.
"The truth is that we don’t always have the answer." Confessions of a local GP. Meet Dr Preeya Alexander, a Melbourne general practitioner and a "wholesome doctor".
What happened when an 18-year-old church pastoral assistant decided to connect not just with the people in his pews, but the people in his street?
Scott Sabin's evangelical zeal motivated him to begin helping the poor in the shanty towns of Haiti. But what he found when he tracked the causes of poverty to their sources changed his view of both ecology and theology.
Too many of us turn obnoxious when given the opportunity to share our opinions on social media. What's gone wrong and how can we fix it?
A passion for photography and motorcycle touring took music producer Simon Lister on an unexpected journey.
Eating together communicates trust and acceptance. It holds families together and turns strangers into friends. Jesus Christ used eating together as the basis for the ritual His followers today call Communion, the Eucharist or the Lord's Supper.
When it comes to weddings, it seems there's a move away from the mega-spectacle, with its cast of thousands and crushing financial burden. So is elopement the new runaway trend?
How is it that when the powerless speak, their words have a ring of truth and moral authority? It's the Jesus Paradox.
Buried deep and sometimes protruding from our cultural landscape at curious angles, the Bible has a unique relationship with contemporary Australia. Meet Meredith Lake, historian and ABC broadcast journalist.
How do you maintain that vital connection with kids after separation and divorce? Patrick O'Neill, with his many years of experience in foster care, has some words of wisdom.
Extreme weather events seem to be happening more often around the globe. Heat and cold records are being broken every year. What is going on, how do we face the future, and is there anything practical we can do?
