Digging for the truth
Movie | Goldstone | M Review by PENNY MULVEY There is something remarkably familiar about Ivan Sen’s latest cinematic masterpiece, Goldstone, and yet disturbingly strange.
“Now people are awake, we want to see action.” – Rev Djawanydjawany Gondarra
The ABC’s Four Corners program ‘Australia’s Shame’, broadcast on 25 July, shone a spotlight on the appalling treatment of Indigenous youth held in detention at the infamous Don Dale correction facility in the Northern Te
Lenten Offering grant applications open
Applications for the 2017 Lenten Offering grants are now open, with submissions due before the end of this month.
Mission as world Christianity and intercultural theology
‘Mission’. The term excites a range of passions. More often than not, the popular conception of the term is linked to colonisation. Mission is something negative.
Letters to the editor -August 2016
Listening to our youth Thank you, Crosslight, for the excellent Synod 2016 supplement, capturing many moments and opinions. I haven’t attended Synod for several years and this kind of summary is most welcome.
Ba ha ha or Ba humbug?
Friday Forum Your views on the news “…a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” – [Proverbs 17:22] “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” – Yiddish proverb. Humour.
Waleed Aly calls for ‘radical generosity’
Click image to watch video. The Project presenter Waleed Aly has urged Australians to end the ‘cycle of outrage’ by showing ‘radical generosity’ in the face of hostility.
Lentara’s FreshStart wins global award
Mohammed Isah (left), Program Manager of the Lentara UnitingCare Asylum Seeker Program with Sameer Sondhi, Director of Strategy and Growth atLentara UnitingCare.
Ray receives the gift of music
Ray McSweeney with Girrawheen Day Centre Coordinator, Rossella Frezza (L) and Music Therapist Winifred Beavers (R) along with Olive and John Evans from the Brighton Lions Club.
Prayers for France
REV SHARON HOLLIS Once again we find ourselves waking to shocking news of terrorism taking lives, upending our certainty, making us feel vulnerable and shaking our hope.