Meriam Ibrahim thanks
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the 27-year-old woman sentenced to 100 lashes and death for the crime of apostasy in Sudan in May, arrived in Rome on 24 July with her family.
Call for peace
The World Council of Churches (WCC)has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
Disagreement between faiths
Image by Jesus Solana on Flickr An upcoming event at the Centre for Theology and Ministry will be looking at relationships between different faith communities.
UnitingCare praises proposed funding reform
Image courtesy of Amanda K on Flickr UnitingCare Australia has commended the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Early Childhood Care and Learning praising proposed funding reforms.
The Bible in context: HIV and AIDS
The global HIV and AIDS epidemic has been a context of great suffering: stigmatization, death, grief, impoverishment and has left countless children orphaned.
Rising above hate
Tahira Zahir (pictured) holds coloured balloons as a symbol of community harmony. Tahira Zahir (pictured) holds coloured balloons as a symbol of community harmony in Bendigo last month.
Time to go inside
From time to time, cartoonist and poet, Michael Leunig gives thanks for the blessing of winter, where life slips through our fingers, darkness gathers and our hands grow cold. Time to go inside he says.
Game, set, match
When the Geelong East Uniting Church Tennis club (pictured) heard the news their beloved courts were to be
Greening the Church
When the Synod resolved to reduce energy use by 20 per cent by 2020, many congregations set about working towards ways in which they could live out the commitment to responsible stewardship of the environment.
Climate change and human rights forum
The Commission for Mission joined with St Albans Uniting Church to host a unique forum on climate change and human rights in June.
Welcoming signs at Hobart North
Rosemary Wilkinson Signing with Rev Carol Bennett Once a month, the Hobart North congregation makes its weekly Sunday service more inclusive for hearing impaired members by offering sign language interpretation.
Students talk social justice
PEGS students Jiana Bivenetto , Emily Fry and Laura D’Aprano locate tax havens on a world map Forty students from Uniting Church schools – Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS), Aitken College, Billanook College an