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Christian Journalling - 2018 ADM Senior Research Fellow Rev. Dr Kirsten Birkett on The Church Society podcast
2018 ADM Senior Research Fellow Rev. Dr Kirsten Birkett joins The Church Society podcast to explore the history and use of journalling as Christians. She also discusses her new book Imperfect Reflections: The Art of Christian Journalling.
Pregnancy and birth - 2021 ADM Fellow Jodie McIver on the More Like Him podcast
2021 ADM Fellow Jodie McIver joins the More Like Him podcast to share about what a Christian perspective can bring to experiences of pregnancy and giving birth.
Spirituality and coming of age in 'The Truth About Peacock Blue'
2022 ADM Fellow Penny Reeve writes about her research into spirituality and teenagers, and considers how Australian writer Rosanne Hawke uses young adult fiction to explore doubt, faith and questions of belief.
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Small wonders - 2022 ADM Senior Fellow Dr Laurel Moffatt launches new podcast
2022 ADM Senior Fellow Dr Laurel Moffatt launches a new podcast on the Undeceptions network - Small Wonders.
Keep listening at Small Wonders or your preferred podcasting platform.
Small ways to welcome people with disabilities in our churches - 2022 ADM Senior Fellow Marlies Hartkamp in The Gospel Coalition
2022 ADM Senior Fellow Marlies Hartkamp highlights the importance of welcoming people with disabilities in our churches, and offers three small ways for churches to get started.
Helping change problematic college cultures - 2022 ADM Senior Fellow Dr Katrina Clifford on Hope 103.2 FM
2022 ADM Senior Fellow Dr Katrina Clifford was interviewed for International Women’s Day, and shares about her work on changing the problematic culture in some university residential colleges, and growing leadership opportunities for young women.
Rethink how we hear God’s word - 2020 ADM Senior Fellow Amanda Mason in Sydney Anglicans
2020 ADM Senior Fellow Amanda Mason spoke with Sydney Anglicans about how oral-based Bible studies can help people from diverse backgrounds access God’s word in community with other Christians.
The mental muscles we need to flourish in a pandemic - 2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd in Eternity News
2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd speaks with Eternity News about her upcoming Annual Public Lecture, and how accepting our limitations can help us to engage with the challenges we face in new ways.
The role and value of chaplains in the ambulance service.
2020 ADM Senior Research Fellow Katie Tunks Leach shares her research on pastoral and spiritual care provided by chaplains to the ambulance service. She continues to work with both paramedics and chaplains to understand how to best ‘care for the carers’ in this challenging profession.
My fiancé called off our wedding, then the pandemic struck - 2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd in The Sydney Morning Herald
2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd shares her personal experiences of coping with a major life upheaval in the early days of the COVID-19, and reminds us that “it is through hardship, not ease, that we become brighter versions of ourselves.”
Intimacy in a time of pandemic - 2019 ADM Senior Research Fellow Rev. Dr Dani Treweek in ABC's Religion and Ethics
2019 ADM Senior Research Fellow Rev. Dr Dani Treweek asks how we can help to look after the mental well-being of single person households (1 in 5 of all Sydney households) during lockdowns, and argues that it involves recognising a genuine breadth of relationships as being wonderfully essential to life.
Raising kids who care - 2020 ADM Summer Fellow Susy Lee releases new book
2020 ADM Summer Fellow Susy Lee spent her time at ADM working on a project titled ‘Raising kids who care: Investing in families for the Kingdom of God’. That project has turned into a published book that resources parents with research and a vision for better ways to ensure happy kids through gratitude, caring and contribution.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Ministry Support Scheme grantees announced
ADM is delighted to announce that twenty-two women have received grants to support their ministries through the 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Ministry Support Scheme.
Unhealthy anger - 2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd on the Undeceptions podcast
2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd joins John Dickson’s Undeceptions podcast and tackles the topics of sexism, anger and how Jesus makes all the difference for her.
In our churches
The release of the key results of the National Anglican Family Violence Research Report recently into Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a key moment for the Anglican church. It provides a snapshot of what is happening and what can be done to address this urgent and significant issue. ADM’s CEO, Rev. Jo Gibbs, reflects on the report’s findings.
Writing, mental illness and moral imagination .
How can stories help us – and help young people – navigate a sometimes lonely world?
As part of RN's Big Weekend of Books, award-winning YA author and 2020 ADM Senior Creative Fellow, Claire Zorn, joins Dr Meredith Lake, 2017 ADM Senior Research Fellow, to discuss writing, faith, the ethics of imagination, and her own sometimes difficult experience of learning to find her place in the world.
Faith in fiction - 2020 ADM Senior Creative Fellow Claire Zorn in Sydney Anglicans
Sydney Anglican’s Judy Adamson spoke to four writers who attend Sydney Anglican churches, including 2020 ADM Senior Creative Fellow Claire Zorn. They share their perspectives on why they write and the impact their faith has on their work.
Friendship and faith with Southeast Asians - 2020 ADM Senior Research Fellow Amanda Mason in Sydney Anglicans
2020 ADM Senior Research Fellow, Amanda Mason, shares five helpful things for Christians to consider about Southeast Asian culture before they jump into sharing their faith.
COVID-19 church response program grantees announced
Six women serving in local churches throughout Sydney have received funding to support church-based mercy ministries through ADM’s COVID-19 Church Response Program.
Women’s stories can make a difference, but only if men will hear them - 2020 ADM Senior Creative Fellow Claire Zorn in ABC's Religion and Ethics
2020 ADM Senior Creative Fellow, Claire Zorn writes for ABC’s Religion & Ethics on why reading fiction is an exercise in empathy and the need for boys and men to imagine, so they can understand and drive change themselves.