Letters to the editor – November 2018
Letters to the editor from the November 2018 edition of Crosslight.
Committed to a climate conscious lifestyle
A new campaign is challenging Uniting Church members and people from other faith traditions to live a more environmentally aware lifestyle according to their religious teachings and help save the planet.
Connected to country
A new landscape project at the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) Leprena Centre in Hobart aims to immerse visitors into the First Peoples’ cultural connection to country.
Children being left behind
One in six Australians under the age of 14 live in poverty, with children in Victoria and Tasmania particularly at risk of social exclusion, a new UnitingCare Australia report has revealed.
Rallying against slavery
Once more High Street Uniting Church will be hitting out against slavery and there is still time to get involved.
Mental Health Month – Prayer of Intercession
Synod disability inclusion advocate Andy Calder has offered the following adapted prayer for use during Mental Health Week (7 -14 October) and Mental Health Month in Victoria (7 October to 6 November).
Balanced view of religious freedom
Australian Christians are not persecuted and religious freedom should not be used to justify discrimination against LGBTI people, a Uniting Church minister has said.
Please don’t tell me how I feel
Moderator Sharon Hollis shares a very personal reflection for Mental Health Week.
Going rate
The full-time permanent job is rapidly disappearing, with more and more Australians taking up contracts casual work and freelance options.
Spirited display
People gathered in North Carlton last week to view images that varied from a miniature study of a leaf’s veins to a family of elephants.