1 January is Australia’s Federation Day. On 1 January 1901, Australia was proclaimed a federation of states, called the Commonwealth of Australia. On this day Australia’s constitution came into operation, and the first Governor-General (Lord Hopetoun) and Prime Minister (Edmund Barton) were sworn into office at a special ceremony in Centennial Park in Sydney. Thousands attended. Songs of Hope will
Read moreClodagh Rodgers was one of the more successful & most visible female singers in the UK during the late 1960s to early 1970s. Smash hits like Come Back and Shake Me & Jack in the Box made her a huge star appearing regularly on the Top TV shows of their day and that includes Clodagh’s persona revolving around a whole episode of the classic Monty Python’s Flying Circus!
Read moreRadio Ga Ga is a program with different theme each week. The theme on this podcast of our program from the 20th of December was songs about U.S states featuring artists such as Wilco, Johnny Horton, George Thorogood, Neil Young, B-52’s, Neil Diamond, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Stereophonics, the cast of Oklahoma, Bobby Gentry and a
Read moreListen again to the Songs of Hope program put to air on 28 December 2014. Its our last program for the year. Lots of music included, a few carols, plus the story of Eva Burrows. Eva, an Australian, became head of the Salvation Army for a few years. Our prayer podcast is Psalm 118:14-29 “My power and my strength come
Read moreJason Reitman seems fascinated with the spiritual emptiness of contemporary America. With Up In The Air he captured the soullessness of corporate America through George Clooney’s Ryan Bingham a man who sacked people for a living and spent his life in the limbo of airports and hotels. With his latest film Men, Women and Children Reitman attempts to articulate the
Read moreExodus: Gods and Kings sounds disturbingly like the title of a violent video game and some people may feel this is what they have experienced after seeing Ridley Scott’s cgi-heavy take on the story of Moses. The obvious point of comparison for this film is Cecil De Mille’s 1956 biblical epic The Ten Commandments and like that film Exodus: Gods
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