Poem – The Lonely

Central Australia Desert – ‘Hand Drawn with Mouse’ Digital Art 2002 by Margaret Gambold.   By Margaret Gambold Lonely corridors they walk, defeated, the world’s lonely.

Making do with much less

By Nigel Tapp UnitingCare agencies and churches involved with emergency relief funding are being expected to do more with much less following a cut of about 30 per cent in Federal Government emergency relief funding acr

Searching for the sacred

By Dan Wootton Having been a banker, I guess a desire of mine in coming to work for the Church some 26 years ago was an endeavour to pursue the sacred and leave the profane behind.

Climate change forum

By Rev Alistair Macrae “There is no guarantee that the world we live in will tolerate us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints.

A Chronic Lack of Awe

By Ken Duncan Have you ever wondered why days seemed to last forever when you were a child… and now it feels like we blink and another week’s over? The pace of life is faster than ever and we can trip over just trying

Starving for fashion

The synod Commission for Mission (CFM) is asking Uniting Church members to write letters to clothing giant Pacific Brands, requesting it ensure production workers in Cambodia are paid enough to live on.

On being intercultural

By Rev Devanandan Anandarajan In 1985, the UCA Assembly claimed its identity in Christ as ‘a multicultural church’ and made a formal declaration to that effect: “The Uniting Church is a Multicultural Church”.

CyclePower keeps Paul powering on

Retiree Paul Lambe (pictured) has had a rich and varied career. At the age of 63 he still wants to push the boundaries and take on fresh challenges.

Frontier of changes

Frontier Services will begin discussions with presbyteries and synods to transfer the management and oversight of its patrol ministers by the end of this year.