Double take – Will and Amanda Nicholas
Amanda and Will Nicholas are Uniting Church ministers. And they’ve also been married for 22 years – which is quite remarkable when you take into account Will’s fruit-testing technique.
Too close to home
Crosslight talks to Manningham Uniting Church member Wendy Austin, who has worked to combat family violence for more than 40 years.
Cross party politics
While many Australians might say they are losing faith in politics among our political leaders faith is not in short supply.
Western Port Op Shop’s new lease of life
The Western Port Uniting Church Op Shop, which has been operating successfully for about 12 years, was rededicated during a parish service at Crib Point in late September.
PM’s Jerusalem plan ‘erases Palestinians’
Relocating Australia’s Israeli embassy to Jerusalem would be a “dangerous decision” that could destabilise peace in the Holy Land, a Palestinian Christian has warned.
Habit forming
Amna Iqbal shared her Islamic faith journey at Ormond Uniting Church as part of Multi-faith October, where guests from different faith traditions talked about their religion at the Sunday morning services.
Stepping up to run a business
Stepping Stones is a micro-enterprise training and support program tailored to women from refugee, migrant and asylum seeker backgrounds.
From Melbourne to Malawi
As the first permanent audiologists in Malawi, Peter and Rebecca Bartlett arrived facing a mammoth task when they first arrived.
Machinery of death
A Melbourne pastor who was present at the executions of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran warns it is only a matter of time before another Australian faces the death penalty.
Changing course into a storm
When Rev Dr David Gushee called for full inclusion of LGBTI people in his book Changing Our Mind, the response from the mainstream evangelical community was brutally swift.
Above and beyond
TIM LAM An allegedly lop-sided table tennis rivalry led two Uniting Church ministers to partner in an innovative project to connect Christians who feel marginalised from traditional church communities.