Focus on the Family Australia

Jennifer Gurrie shares how Diamond Women provides free, compassionate support for women and families facing unplanned pregnancies. From counselling and casework to parenting programmes and spiritual care, the ministry offers practical help, hope and a judgement-free community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest is again Sheridan Voysey from The Friendship Lab an organisation dedicated to helping people to learn the skills of developing healthy friendships. We explore how to bridge the gap between the superficial conversations to finding our people that we can turn to in a crisis? Also, how we can handle the inevitable friction and disappointments that come with real relationships, and most importantly, how do we take off our masks and practice the kind of vulnerability Jesus modelled. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is adult friendship so hard? Sheridan Voisey, founder of Friendship Lab, explores the loneliness epidemic, the difference between colleagues and true friends, and practical skills for building deep, dependable relationships. Discover why God created us for connection and how intentional friendship can improve our wellbeing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining us again today is Professor Patrick Parkinson from Publica?'a research organisation bridging the gap between Christian conviction and public policy. Today, we dive into their findings on the youth loneliness epidemic and explore how your local church can step up to provide the real, face-to-face community our young people are desperately searching for.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're joined by Professor Patrick Parkinson from Publica?'a research organisation bridging the gap between Christian conviction and public policy. We discuss how the local church is the ultimate ’social infrastructure’ to help address issues such as loneliness, support for struggling families, and bridging the gap for singles and the isolated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.