NAIDOC Week worship resources
NAIDOC Week is a time for First Peoples and non-Indigenous Australians to celebrate the culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Church leaders respond to Brexit
Britain’s exit from the European Union has created shockwaves throughout the world.
Selfish or supportive?
Friday Forum Your views on the news The annual Vinnies CEO sleepout took place in Melbourne on Thursday night.
Refugees share stories through art
Sina Pourhorayed, Crushing Hope. Acrylic on canvas board Many refugees experience unimaginable horrors when they flee their war-torn homes and seek safety in a new country.
Tip of the ice bucket
PENNY MULVEY “It’s all good for footy,” Eddie McGuire concluded as he and his fellow radio commentators ended a brief and chilling conversation, later described as ‘banter’, in which they joked about drowning a well-know
Feminist theology
CATH MCKINNEY For Equality gives strength, in all things and at all times. Meister Eckhart. Feminism: The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of equality of the sexes.
The future is here
Much of the business of Synod 2016 concerned the future of the Church based on proposals relating to Major Strategic Review.
Power of love
How do you think about power? Is it a good word or an ‘ugly’ word in your vocabulary? Often, it seems to be coupled with words like ‘too much’ or ‘too little,’ or use and abuse.
God in the margins
The Chinese Church has undergone dramatic change in the past few decades. Two men with considerable knowledge of the church in China are Rev Dr Ji Zhang and Rev Zhu Enshou.
Family Tri-dition
Wesley College student Tim Bliss is knee deep in economics, biology, maths and chemistry books.
Developing dementia-friendly congregations
CHARISSE EDE For the past eight years, Joan Waters has thought, read, wept and prayed about dementia. The insidious disease has taken hostage of her husband of 65 years, Reynolds, a retired Uniting Church minister.
Raising awareness, and money
Last month 60 Cornish College students and 11 staff swapped their warm beds for cardboard boxes when they took part in the Winter Sleep Out. The event has already raised $12,000, with more money set to come in.