Pakistani Christians praying for their Olympic team
After the start of the Olympics yesterday, Pakistanis, like other nationalities are also very excited to watch their players show their best performance in the Games and send a message of peace to the world..
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Gift boxes tell more about human trafficking
Stop the Traffik is hoping visitors to London will not only soak up the Olympic atmosphere but also learn something about the men, women and children who come to the capital dreaming of a new life but end up in slavery
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London Olympics cry foul over lack of art but Basil Sellers $100,000 Art and Sport Prize opens on August 2 in Melbourne
While the London Olympics is well under way and there is a \'crying foul\' that art has somehow missed the London Olympics in both material and spirit.
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The Olympics is about champions
Who could not recall the great Ethiopian 10,000 metre runner at the Sydney Olympics Haile Gebrselassie who having won the Gold Medal, and demonstrating his personal love for the Lord Jesus, and within the culture of his Christian Coptic community, gave his precious medal to the Lord through his Church.
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Churches set for record outreach during Games
Churches are pulling out all the stops in their outreach for the Olympic Games.
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The effectiveness of modern vaccines
In a recent \'Ockham\'s Razor\' program on ABC Radio National, Dr James Leavesly commented that more soldiers died of disease than from the fighting during the American Civil war. One of those diseases was measles.
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Respite for athletes and coaches focuses in on post Olympics
Well-Being Australia\'s 20 year athlete and coach respite program is focusing in on post Olympics when many questions get raised as to their futures: what to do next.
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New chairman for Mercy Ships
The Board of Mercy Ships Australia has announced the appointment of Graeme Cutler of Sydney as Chairman.
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Christian campaigners hit out tax evasion
A Christian movement to end poverty has spoken out against tax evasion by wealthy people.
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Tearfund calls for prayer to end hunger
Tearfund is appealing to Christians to pray for the millions of people around the world going hungry today.
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There are mushrooms and there are mushrooms and a theological lesson
Earlier this year two people who ate poisonous death cap mushrooms in Canberra at a New Year\'s Eve Party died. A total of four people were taken to hospital after eating the mushrooms at the party.
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Stutterers face an ever changing world and now help has arrived on the Internet says Mark Tronson, a stutterer
A recent Sydney Morning Herald article noted that for the first time stutterers suffering severe \'\'social phobias\'\' linked to their speech impediment will be able to access psychological help online after successful Sydney trials for a new treatment.
