Supporting seasonal workers

RANDALL PRIOR In 2008, the Australian Government initiated a program for people from Pacific Island nations to stay in Australian on short-term visas and fill vital employment gaps in the agricultural industry.

Dream job

When Michael Easton took up the newly created role of community outreach worker at Avenel, Nagambie and Seymour Uniting Church, a congregation member told him: “We’ve employed you but we’ve got no idea what you’re going

Forming disciples – theologically

The theological world recently mourned the death of Professor James Cone, a prominent African American theologian who taught for many years at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

May Crosslight out now

In this edition, we explore the experience of baptism, talk to members of the Uniting Church's South Sudanese community and look at how congregations celebrated Easter.

What Did Jesus Look Like?

Nick Mattiske reviews 'What did Jesus look like?', a new book from Christian historian and scholar Joan Taylor.

Joan takes the cake

As a volunteer at Uniting Church Victorian Archives, it shouldn’t have been a surprise to Joan Waters that the records would uncover something she’d intended to keep quiet.

Quiet please, funds being raised

If you bumped into Uniting AgeWell Kings Meadows and Newnham chaplain Ian Wheeler and administration officer Jane Legard last month, you can be forgiven for thinking they weren’t their usual chatty selves.