Author: <span>Alyssa Anderson</span>

Miracles Day 2020

Your chance to change a life… forever. Worldwide, 65 million people have cataracts. And the majority of these people live in the world’s poorest countries – where they can’t afford surgery and so live needlessly blind. People with disabilities are among the hardest hit by widespread lockdowns during the COVID-19 …

Salvos Red Shield Appeal

The theme for this year’s appeal is ‘Leave no one in need’. After more than 55 years of knocking on doors each May, The Salvation Army is taking the Red Shield Appeal digital in response to COVID-19’s impact on social contact. Salvos living in communities across Australia are asking locals …

What does COVID-19 mean for the church, when it has been called to be a community?

Humans are fundamentally relational beings, dependent and incomplete by design; no one can be who they truly are in isolation. But Australia is a socially fragmented society. The average Aussie moves every 6 years, 40 percent of marriages end in divorce and busyness is a virtue. As the pandemic forces …