Farce to be reckoned with
Noises Off, the latest play from the Melbourne Theatre Company, is a perfect tonic for the seriousness of our world.
Page turner
Review by Penny Mulvey Book | Off the Page | Clare Boyd-Macrae Clare Boyd-Macrae has a gift – to turn the mundane and the routine into something of beauty, of grace, of God.
Wonder full
Review by Penny Mulvey Movie | Wonder Woman | M The basic premise of a superhero movie is that good triumphs over evil.
Celestial and Celestin proof of the divine
A letter to Crosslight this month eloquently reminds us that human beings do not have all the answers.
Presbyteries in transition
PENNY MULVEY Sixty representatives from across the presbyteries and synod gathered at the Centre for Theology & Ministry last month to hear about progress relating to future plans for the presbyteries.
Answering hate with love
PENNY MULVEY The Bible is our road map to know God. The Bible makes clear what God wants for God’s people and the kind of people we are called to be.
Keep telling
Review by PENNY MULVEY MOVIE | DON’T TELL | M The unspoken grief and brokenness of a father – a secondary victim of the destructive effects of sex abuse – ripples through a new Australian movie, Don’t Tell, a comp
Age old story
Review by PENNY MULVEY PLAY | MINNIE & LIRAZ My mother, quoting my grandmother, regularly reminds her three daughters that ‘ageing is not for wimps’.
Inspirational art
The Crusader, Liam Benson REVIEW BY PENNY MULVEY EXHIBITION | THE 64TH BLAKE PRIZE The number of entrants to the 2016-2017 Blake Prize is testament to the ongoing interest in religion and spirituality.
Cause to celebrate
PENNY MULVEY Next month is the Uniting Church in Australia’s 40th birthday. What memories are conjured up for you as you look back to 22nd June 1977? I was a student at a Methodist girls’ school in Sydney.
Child safe priority
PENNY MULVEY All churches, sporting clubs, schools, scout groups and any other institution or community group that engages with children are facing legal responsibilities to ensure the safety of children.
Breaking points
Review by Penny Mulvey PLAY | THREE LITTLE WORDS | JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH Have you ever experienced a deep visceral response to friends’ news that they are breaking up? Perhaps you have seen them as the perfect couple? You