Trolling the trolls
Friday Forum Your views on the news noun: troll; plural noun: trolls (in folklore) an ugly cave-dwelling creature depicted as either a giant or a dwarf Verb : to fish with a hook and line that you pull through the water
Retired Uniting Church minister reunited with lost dog
Image: Darren Howe/Fairfax Syndication. A retired Uniting Church minister has been reunited with his beloved border collie after his car was stolen on Wednesday, with his dog still inside.
ACL’s marriage of prejudice and ignorance
WARREN TALBOT Election campaigns, even if they run for eight weeks, are a democratic delicacy. For a while there is some extended focus on matters of public policy.
UnitingCare and Bendigo Bank announce winter warmer drive
Lindy O’Neill (left) at Bendigo Bank Devonport branch manager Erin Smith prepare for the Winter Warmer Drive.
Do the rich choose not to enter the kingdom of heaven?
Friday Forum Your views on the news In a recent column in The Guardian, Giles Fraser suggests reports in the early part of last century forecasting the death of religion were premature.
Journey towards reconciliation
Sorry Day, held on 26 May every year, acknowledges the pain and trauma suffered by First Peoples. The Uniting Church recognises the need to walk together with First Peoples on the journey towards reconciliation.
Calls to halve homelessness by 2025
On any given night, more than 105,000 Australians are homeless. This includes at least 44,000 children and young people under the age of 25.
Federal election toolkit
In less than six weeks’ time, Australians will take to the ballot box and vote in the 2016 federal election.
Uniting AgeWell receives LGBTI award
Working It Out CEO Susan Ditter and Uniting AgeWell manager of integrated services Vicki Pollock Uniting AgeWell has received a prestigious Dorothies Award for its work in providing LGBTI-inclusive aged care services.
It is written
I am writing this in an in-between time. I have finished my placement at the CTM and am awaiting my installation as moderator.
Finding acceptance with the Uniting Church
Former ABC broadcaster Julie McCrossin is a familiar voice to the Australian public. Ashley Thompson turns the microphone around to find out more about her unsung faith journey.
The price of cotton
The central-Asian country of Uzbekistan is one of the largest exporters of cotton in the world. However, much of their cotton is made from child and forced labour.