January 2020 | Page 2 of 5 | theLight Albury

“The Baggage Handler” by First-Time Aussie Novelist Wins Prestigious US Book Award

A compelling novel about a mysterious airport baggage handler who reveals how people are being held back in life, has won prestigious US Christian writing award.

Heading Home- A Poem

By: Yvette Cherry

The wind was a howlin’,
blowing a gale.
Our Coral Bay holiday
was beginning to fail.

Crowd Madness And The New Religion Of The West

By: Akos Balogh

‘There are 2 gunman at the university – tell your friends on campus’.

The text arrives from a friend, who knows I’m often on campus. But I can’t believe it: surely this is spam?

Am I Crazy to Say God Speaks to Me?

By: Tania Harris | God Conversations

Three of the world’s largest religions claim that God speaks and more than a minority of today’s population say that he has spoken to them. Yet a few months ago, American Vice President Mike Pence was labelled mentally ill when he made the same claim. Are we crazy to say that we hear God’s voice?

Why Australians Are Caught Up In Consumerism

By: McCrindle

Australia is a nation of consumers. Our consumption habits are impacting our physical and emotional lives with four in five Australians (80%) believing they consume significantly or much more than what they need. Are we consuming to distract ourselves from life’s stresses and if so, what can we do about it?

Discipleship Program offers Spiritual Stability to Students in Ethiopia

By: Laura Bennett

Ethiopia is a rugged, land-locked country, rich in ancient history.

The Struggle (to Live Sustainably) is Real, in ‘The Biggest Little Farm’

By: Laura Bennett

Reducing food waste, ‘sustainability’, and the elimination of single-use plastics are all noble practises that our world’s increasingly trying to adopt – but for these ideals to be embraced en masse, our lifestyles and systems of production have to change at a fundamental level.