Signs of the Times magazine - Aus/NZ

27/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/hope-in-the-apocalypse/

Many of us have passed by someone on the street corner holding a sign or shouting, “The end is nigh—repent and be baptised”. It’s a familiar stereotype, often dismissed or ridiculed. But behind the loud warnings and dramatic slogans lies a deeply-held hope for millions of Christians around t...

24/11/2025

I had a lovely visit to Coonabarabran recently. Here's a tiny taste.

24/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/eliza-hamilton-americas-founding-mother/

Elizabeth Schuylerwas born on August 9, 1757, in Albany, New York to wealthy landowner and Revolutionary War general Philip Schuyler and wife Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Van Rensselaer came from one of the richest and most politically influential families in New York. Eliza, as she was called...

21/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/give-a-little-change-a-lot/

Seeing a team care for remote villages in the Solomon Islands showed me how small donations can make a real big difference.

21/11/2025

What happens when the thing you’ve always been sure of suddenly isn’t certain anymore?

After 22 years of playing soccer, this is what Silvan found himself grappling with.

🎧 Head to Signs Radio Podcast (ep 234) to hear the full conversation.

21/11/2025

Meet Silvan. From the age of five, soccer was his whole life. At 18, he signed his first professional contract playing for FC Zürich. So, what made him give it up?

🎧 Head to Signs Radio Podcast (ep 234) to hear the full conversation.

18/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/finding-grace-in-the-chaos-of-parenting/

Yelling at children—especially younger kids—appears to be effective. They stop whatever they’re doing (or not meant to be doing) and start obeying you. Even so, here’s why experts are recommending we reserve yelling only for when we need to protect them from impending harm or threat (such as...

15/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/kempseys-army-fighting-floods-one-care-package-at-a-time/

The Kempsey regional community is no stranger to floodwaters. The lowlands of NSW’s Macleay Valley provide locals and visitors with beautifully winding riverside roads, luscious green grazing fields, abundant birdlife and great fishing. However, the area is also known for its stilted riverside hom...

10/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/the-ode/

It’s a stanza most of us are familiar with, but where did it come from and what does it tell us about our national heritage?

09/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/the-divine-gps/

Turn right, veer left, make a U-turn, make a U-turn, make a U-turn”, the voice of my navigation system screams out over the sound of the music, as I drive down the road, on my way to have brunch with a friend. I’m frustrated because I’m running late and, in my haste to reach my […]

06/11/2025

https://signsmag.com/2025/11/why-dont-we-talk-to-each-other-anymore/

Has our individualised culture insulated us from true connection?

03/11/2025

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