Lifestyle
Get moving: the key to health and fitness
Strong at every age Paula Goodyer April 07, 2014 Strength training now has considerable traction with the over-60s. Photo: AFR The debate is over – the key to health and fitness is to get moving, whether you are three or 73. If you still see exercise as an optional extra, not a health essential, science is finding […]
Suicide statistics are getting worse: what can we do?
Helping people hold on to life Date April 5, 2014 Jack Heath More than 2500 people died by suicide in this country in 2012. This is deeply concerning. It is the highest number of suicide deaths in the past 10 years. Every one of these deaths is a tragedy for the person involved, and for […]
Get Your Money Working for You
Get your money working for you Date November 6, 2013 David Potts Printing Us dollars Psst ¢â‚¬ ¦ here are some get-rich schemes guaranteed to work without a Gold Coast unit, a goldminer or a Nigerian bank transfer in sight. Promise. Anyway, they’re all gleaned from financial advisers who say for starters you must pay yourself […]
Balanced diet: 7-a-day
Seven simple ways to get your seven-a-day From melted onions to ripe tomato dressings and kale in your pesto, here are some great tips to painlessly up your fruit and veg intake Tuck in ¢â‚¬ ¦ you’ve a lot to get through. Photograph: Salem Krieger/Corbis Rosie Sykes Thursday 3 April 2014 The latest missive on diet, brought […]
You love gay people? That’s great. Prove it.
When conservative Christians find out I ¢â‚¬â„¢m gay, they almost all say the same thing: ¢â‚¬Å“I know gay people think Christians hate them, but I don ¢â‚¬â„¢t. I love gay people. I may not agree with them, but I love them. ¢â‚¬ You ¢â‚¬â„¢d be surprised how often I hear this. Christians are constantly telling me how much they love me. If they […]
Sins of the fathers and the mothers: How day-to-day choices can affect your DNA.
Date January 20, 2014 Thea O’connor Divergence: Sue Parsons and Rose Cushing of Upper Caboolture, Queensland, are identical twins who have developed different health profiles, despite having the same upbringing. It’s the time of year when New Year’s resolutions are still in our awareness, and you wonder whether you should make plans to lose weight, […]
Why I hate being a black man
We espouse ‘black is beautiful’, but the true image of blackness is ugly. If we confront our self-hatred, maybe we’ll have real pride Orville Lloyd Douglas theguardian.com, Sunday 10 November 2013 Two young passengers on a bus wait for it to stop before getting off. Photograph: Antonio Olmos Every time I sit on a crowded street […]
‘I lost both of my hands, an eye and had damaged ear drums and…and. In the midst of great pain, I felt that God was with me.’
A challenge to us all, from someone who’s paid a high price to be an advocate for peace and justice for all… ~~ WCC 10th Assembly 8th October 2013 Sermon Father Michael Lapsley, SSM Director of the Institute for Healing of Memories Cape Town, South Africa Peace be with you. I greet you all as […]
Gender Violence: a talk worth listening to…
http://www.upworthy.com/a-ted-talk-that-might-turn-every-man-who-watches-it-into-a-feminist-its-pretty-fantastic-7?c=ufb2
‘Learned helplessness’ leaves people in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters
By Margot O’Neill Emergency experts say a learned helplessness has left Australians in major cities unprepared to cope in natural disasters. With the increasing impact of extreme heatwaves, storms, fires and floods, experts say traditional reliance on emergency services and recovery support such as cash handouts needs to be urgently reviewed if Australia is to […]
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