Transformation planned for Wesley Lonsdale site
Artist’s impression of the development By Penny Mulvey The Uniting Church is about to embark on a significant property development that will restore its place and identity in the heart of Melbourne.
Stopping dirty money
The synod Justice and International Mission (JIM) unit has been encouraging Uniting Church members to be part of a campaign to stop money stolen from developing countries being shifted into Australia.
Public lecture: Marketization of the Bible
Image by el vacano on Flickr There is a Green Bible, a Gay and Lesbian Bible, an African Bible, an Amplified Bible, a New American Bible, a Youth Bible, a Bible in Cockney and a People’s Bible.
Growth in dementia needs cannot be ignored
Image courtesy of homecaregiverstore.com on Flickr UnitingCare Australia has voiced concern over the recent abolition of the Dementia and Severe Behaviour Supplement.
Putting the protest into Protestant
The old saying states that neither religion nor politics should be discussed in polite company.
Tribute to a friend
Rev Ojitha Goonetilleke More than 200 people attended a farewell lunch for Rev Ojitha Goonetilleke (pictured), who retired from full-time ministry at the end of April.
The evil of ‘othering’
It’s part of human nature to secure identity by rivalry, building barriers, erecting implacable oppositions of ‘us’ and ‘them’.
News of the Royal Commission
Stuffed bear made by the Pentridge toy makers prison The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse will deliver an interim report towards the end of this month.
Footy pride
Jennie Gordon (centre) delivered a reflection before the Gay Pride match in Yarra Glen last month.
Faith in a pluralist society
Miroslav Volf By Penny Mulvey Imagine a world in the not-so-distant future where Christians and Muslims and people of other faiths and no faith work together, holding to their own distinct perspective, but listening and