In some circles, junior sport has become a hotbed of competition and comparison. The push to “do your best” starts early. Kids want to win and they put pressure on themselves to beat their competitors. But often there is downward pressure from parents and even coaches (who, let’s face it, are often just enthusiastic parents themselves).
Month: November 2018
Grain and Gluten Free Hot Dog Buns
By: Susan Joy
These hot dog buns came about after I received a message from a mum. Her daughter needed a grain and gluten free bun that looked like other kids buns for when she went to parties. I’ve used yeast to help create a soft-centred bun (choose a yeast without additives, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the type for baking bread). They are perfect to cradle your hot dog or sausage in.
Recognising Casual Disrespect in Your Relationship
Note: This article has been written from the perspective of women in the context of marriage, but applies to both men and women in friendships and dating included!
Showing disrespect has become a modern marriage pastime. We laugh as our favourite on-screen wives make fools out of their husbands, and before long we’re talking like these leading ladies.
The Beauty and Burden of Brokenness
By: Jennie Scott
Each morning, the screens in my life shout and show turmoil. World leaders making threats and calling each other names.
Will They Get to Miami? Emma & Terrence Mullings’ Story on ACCTV
By: Clare Bruce
If you’ve followed the story of Emma and Terrence Mullings, you’d be forgiven for wondering at times in the past 12 months – “when are they going to Miami?”
Why I Let My Kids go to Schoolies
By: Susan Sohn
Schoolies is an interesting topic and one that seems to evoke a lot of emotion within parents. To send or not to send, to allow or not seems to be the question for most parents.
Campaign Calls to Love The Unborn in Rising Social Pressure To Have Abortions
By: Anne Rinaudo
The Queensland Government recently moved to decriminalise abortion in that state. NSW is now the only state where abortion remains within the criminal code.
You Could Have Been: The Children’s Book Written For Grieving Parents
By: Clare Bruce
When Ann-Maree Imrie lost her first baby mid-pregnancy, her whole world crumbled.
Our Christian Responsibility To Care About Prisoners
By: Anne Rinaudo
It is easy to love the people who accept our love and to care for those grateful to be helped. Does our call to love our neighbour really include the gruff and ungrateful, the people who have been removed from society for criminal acts?