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How we determine our career depends a lot on our world view. Some careers, like plastic surgery requires amazing dedication and years of training. Acknowledging our different skills and capacity, we all do well to see our lives as a gift that we are responsible stewards of. Lets not sacrifice meaning and purpose for a pay cheque or an easy life.
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Jason is of Indian descent and grew up feeling different and when his Father left home his sense of being lost was crippling. He became involved with the Salvos as a 10 year old boy and it changed his life, giving him a new sense of identity. He now runs the Salvos in Moree helping kids experience the same sort of stability and love that helped transform his life.
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When we are invested in community, we tend to build character both in ourselves and others. For Melvin being with Carol made him want to be a better man.
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Brenda young and Claire Emerton are Salvo officers in Melbourne. They walked the Camino De Santiago together in June this year and describe the wonderful, joyful, painful, miserable and rewarding experiences of this adventure. It's great to hear them share about it. Buen Camino!
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When we are tired or stressed our character can sometimes erode and we start to behave in ways that are not true to our values and beliefs. Over time this can become very serious. Believe it or not, even the lovely Sue can lose some of her loveliness when she is tired and overwhelmed.
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The Salvos invest heavily into Supervision, as it not only improves the quality of the service we provide, but more importantly it values the most important asset we have - our people. Andy King and I unpack the ins and outs of supervision and suggest it is an opportunity to grab wholeheartedly if you have the option.
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A distinct Christian virtue is the the mysterious capacity to love without agenda. Jesus ate with misfits and nobodies and loved them in a radical way. Not sure it did him much good, but He did it anyway.
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Gerrard was born blind and yet from an early age lived life wholeheartedly. He even rode his bike to school each day as a kid, following his brothers bike. He is a paralympian, has summited Mt Everest, been on dancing with the stars, he owns two chocolate shops and is planning to swim the English channel later in the year. He is a remarkable man.
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We are thinking all the time. Sometimes we over think and get anxious and frustrated. It's possible to turn our lonely flawed inner monologue into constant prayer. Dialogue with God. I know the lovely Sue does this as sometimes I hear her muttering under her breath at me and she mentions God's name. I'm sure He helps her know what to do and what not to do.
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Brodie was teaching English to kids in Vietnam as part of an extended working holiday, when his life was turned upside down by a devastating motorbike accident. His injuries are significant, but his attitude and positivity is amazing. He comes along each week to a group called "men's walk and talk" and inspires us all to be thankful for whatever we have.
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Alberto grew up in an orphanage in Jamaica and was eventually adopted by an Australian Salvo couple here in Brisbane. He had no idea that we was gifted with the ability to run fast - really fast. He now holds multiple Australian records for the 400, 200 and 100 meters sprints in the T20 class and represented Jamaica in the recent Tokyo Paralympic games.
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Living the Christian life is the theme of the next 18 weeks of Monday podcasts while I am on Sabbatical walking the Camino de Santiago and a variety of other activities. Its not an academic or complicated conversation as it's just me, a simple sort of Aussie bloke trying to explain how it lands for me in 2024.
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Peter Slegers (Hop) lost his leg in a motorbike accident at just 19 years of age. This, along with family and relationship challenges drove him into addiction. But he has nearly 20 years in recovery and is a funny bloke. Its a cracker of a story.
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Lots of things go wrong in life. Collingwood can snatch defeat form the jaws of victory, people get injured the week before running a marathon and for the lovely Sue, it was an unexpected issue with her leg. Prayer can bring a posture of hope that helps us be alert to the ways love and joy can find its way into the mix.
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Dean Clifford was born with a rare skin disease and was often referred to as a cotton wool baby or a butterfly wing baby as his skin was extremely delicate. His life expectancy was maybe 5 years, but against the odds, he is now in his 40s and going strong. He is a motivational speaker and lives a high quality life.
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Many people experience a time in their life when they find their calling and experience a heightened zest for life. For many Christians being filled with the Holy Spirit is one of the ways we understand this: God purposes and power entering into our lives.
Not all enthusiasm is of God though! The lovely Sue's obsession with Masterchef: for example. 🙄 -
Rodney Walters grew up in the small town of Mt Barker in South Australia to officer parents and moved around a lot as a child. He went to 9 schools! He resisted becoming a Salvo officer as he wanted to have the opportunity to travel. Turns out Rodney is the epitome of the saying "Join the Army - see the world"
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The apostle Peter had a vision about a sheet filled with ceremonially unclean animals floating down from heaven. A voice told him to kill and eat what for centuries prior in his tradition had been unclean. It seems some things we think are true about God's ways can change.
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Andy King is the pastoral supervisor for the Salvos telephone assessment team across Australia - 72 employees. To help others unpack how this work impacts them, he has had to do a lot of work on himself and as he shares his life story here, we see how his experiences and inner work has shaped his care for these workers.
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