Poetry – An Ordinary Life
I mused upon the weeds one day, upon the torn and ravaged ground. Their healing fronds and trailing leaves, repairing torn and damaged space. I mused from window set on high, on field of rusting dusty past.
Poetry – The Quiet Ones
River – ‘Hand Drawn with Mouse’ Digital Art by Margaret Gambold. THE QUIET PLACES Show me the quiet places Lord, Where I can find your peace. Take me beyond the noisiness of life’s relentless beat.
Prose – Half Moon Bay
By Bill Pugh Half Moon Bay, Black Rock. Cliffs surround sand and sea making an amphitheatre. An experience whatever the season. A family place for summer days.
Painting – Irresistible Richmond
Dimmeys watercolour 58 by 48cms. Street Shadows Richmond, Watercolour 58 by 48cms.
Queen’s Birthday Honours for Uniting Church members
Steve Biddulph Author, activist and psychologist Steve Biddulph was recognised with a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced on Monday.
Prose – The other side of the story
By Bill Pugh In his exit appointment a young single minister was appointed to the Alpine parish. No one wanted to go there.
Prose – Letters and Faith
By Bill Pugh On a weekday afternoon, I sometimes hear the periodic squeak of brakes coming along the street. Mark, our postie, on his motor cycle, is delivering the mail. We pause for a chat and he hands over the mail.
Prose – Ladders and Faith
By Bill Pugh When we were kids, five of us, four boys and a sister, our backyard was a special place. In summer we played test cricket, a few neighbours in the team. In winter we kicked the football around.
June Crosslight now available
The June edition of Crosslight is now available online and in your congregations. This month’s front page is of a Rohingyan child being processed after spending weeks at sea.
The money trap
The payday lending industry has boomed in Australia in less than two decades. Today more than 1.1 million Australians take out a short-term loan each year.
102-year-old woman receives PhD
A 102-year-old German woman has received her doctorate nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her from sitting her final exam.
Joan Kirner: Mentor, friend and role model
I first met Joan in late 1995 or in 1996 when she was meeting with ALP women to talk about an organisation she was starting – EMILY’s List Australia.