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The word legacy is defined as “a gift by will especially of money or other personal property”, often coming with a sentimental or emotional attachment. A legacy can also be called a bequest, a deferred or planned gift, but in all cases, this type of gift is recorded in a...
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COVID-19 has presented Australians with many challenges in recent months; financially, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Financial challenges, in particular, may have impacted individuals and families who were previously comfortable, and they’re now looking for ways to tighten their spending. Before heading to the shops next time, take a moment to...
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When choosing a savings account provider, who to trust with your money is one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make. With more than two months of lockdowns behind us, many people have been able to save some extra cash by restricting spending to the bare necessities, concerned...
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In May and June 2017, the LLL conducted our first ever customer survey. While we regularly speak with our depositors in churches and schools, we have never formally sought your feedback. We had a fantastic response - thank you to all that completed the survey. Overall, the results were pleasing,...
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Story is everywhere. Story can be seen in song and fiction, as well as in non-fiction, blogs and art. Every day when we say what happened on the weekend or what happened to a relative on holiday, we use story. Even a news story on television follows the pattern of...
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The dog and the bone is an Aesop Fable, which has here been adapted to an Australian setting. [Aesop’s Fables, along with parables, are well-known forms of story.] Read the fable like you are watching a video – where much of the story is in the vision. And notice how...
Read more about An Aesop Fable and the structure of a story (Story Tip 2)
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I was travelling by bus to the airport with my two young goddaughters and their parents. It was a long trip, over an hour. So I told the girls a long story that started with a tiger passing through a village in the rain. Half way through the story I...
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This story variation is for telling business-style stories which want to make people think about what they could do. Orientation - who does the story happen to and what is the time and place that the story starts? Describe a successful change. (be brief) What would have happened without the...
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Jesus is renowned for telling parables. Many of them are written down in the Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Here are two parables Jesus told. They are very short, but can you see the orientation, complication, solution, resolution and coda? By the way, did you notice where the...
