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Broken and Beautiful
Adelaide singer and songwriter Kylie Brice shares her very personal journey and explains why music is an essential part of who she is. Music has always played an important role in my life. I started regularly writing songs when I was in my early teens, but I was very self-conscious about my voice so I rarely sang my songs to anybody else. It wasn’t until I was in my early twenties when I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and depression that I really discovered how important music and song writing was to me. Song writing was my ‘safe...
read moreAncient Stories, Timeless Faith
On Saturday 20 June 2015 hundreds of people gathered together at the Adelaide West Uniting Church to witness a landmark celebration. Rev Denise Champion, an Adnyamathanha (Flinders Ranges) woman, was the first Aboriginal woman to be ordained into Christian ministry in any denomination in South Australia. Denise talks to RISE about her journey, her culture and her passion for reconciliation. Interview by Belinda Taylor. Article by Wendy Rush. “When I was about four Mum and Dad moved to Quorn in the Flinders Ranges from a sheep station where...
read moreA story of courage, hope and the power of transforming love
Khadija Gbla has experienced the horror of civil war, the danger and uncertainty of fleeing her homeland as a refugee, and the pain and trauma of female genital mutilation. But for this remarkable young woman her pain is now her purpose as she works towards helping and protecting others. This article includes a description of female genital mutilation (FGM). Interview by Belinda Taylor. Article by Wendy Rush. Khadija Gbla was born in Sierra Leone in West Africa. When she was 10 years old she and her family fled civil war, heading north to...
read moreSomething’s Brewing!
By Wendy Rush. Midway through the afternoon is the time when ‘the three o’clock slump’ tends to kick in. You know the feeling; you start to flag a little, you reach for a coffee or a sweet treat or you wander out of your office in search of someone to chat to – desperately in need of a boost so you can keep going until it’s time to head home. It seems that radio station Life FM has come up with a solution which involves all of the above. Coffee O’Clock involves coffee, plenty of conversation and the sweet tones of one of Australia’s...
read moreMaking the most of a New Year
By Wendy Rush. The New Year often seems like a revolving door. No sooner are you carefully negotiating your entrance and getting ready to launch yourself into January, than you find yourself spinning into the next round of New Year celebrations. And all those things you we were intent on achieving over the past 12 months are still on your “to do” list – giving up smoking, losing weight, getting fit, changing jobs, leaving that disastrous relationship, taking up that hobby you’ve always wanted to try or reading the complete Harry Potter or...
read moreHindley Street Goes Green
By Wendy Rush and De Brine. If you’re walking out of a nightclub on Hindley Street one Saturday night and happen to catch sight of some people dressed in green – it’s okay, you’re not seeing things! Clad in their distinctive green t-shirts or hoodies, the Encounter Youth ‘Green Team’ heads into the city each weekend – not to party but to patrol the street, keeping an eye out for revelers who might need their assistance. If you or your kids have ever been to Victor Harbor for the Schoolies Festival™ you will have seen the Green Team...
read moreParty Safe Tips for the Festive Season
The Encounter Youth Green Team’s Party Safe Tips for the Festive Season The team at Encounter Youth engages with over 15,000 young people annually with their Party Safe Education program, making them the largest provider of alcohol and other drug education to secondary students in the state. Here are their tips to help us all party safely during the festive season: Look after yourself: You are Number One, so plan ahead to ensure you can get out at any time you need to. Over the festive season there are many different people out and about and...
read moreCarols by Streetlight
A Truck, a Piano and the Christmas Story By Wendy Rush. Is the tradition of Christmas carolling in Australia just a memory? Big annual events like Carols by Candlelight featuring a host of celebrity artists still attract thousands of people. And if you are lucky enough to live in a community where a church or city council organises Carols in a local park you may have enjoyed setting up your folding chair and singing along with hundreds of others. But when was the last time you saw, or heard, a group of carollers in your street? My husband...
read moreLisa’s top tips for nailing a presentation
Lisa McAskill, MC for the 2015 SA Prayer Breakfast, shares her top tips for delivering a successful presentation. Preparation is key. You need to spend some time really thinking and working out what it is you are going to speak about. As soon as you know you have to give a presentation, start making some notes, jotting down ideas and thoughts – they don’t have to be in order initially. You will find that you will be more attuned to picking up on relevant information. It may be something you hear on the radio, see online or someone is...
read morePoised to present: from Postcards to Prayer Breakfast
Lisa McAskill, MC for the 2015 SA Prayer Breakfast, talks to Wendy Rush about some of the highlights of her career, her top tips for delivering a successful presentation, and why she loves the opportunity to share what she has learned. How did you come to work in the media – was it something you always wanted to do? It all started with me getting some modelling work while I was still in high school. My plan was to become a teacher but I deferred, thinking the whole modelling thing might only last a year but it continued on for over a decade!...
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