Constant change
By Penny Mulvey The newspapers described the cold snap that descended on the east coast of Australia last month as an ‘Antarctic vortex’.
What is truth? Death and the Maiden review
Play | Death and the Maiden Review by Penny Mulvey “People can die from excessive doses of the truth.
Looking for leadership
The Assembly of the Uniting Church gathers in Perth this Sunday for a week-long meeting, which is held every three years.
Timeless beauty
By PENNY MULVEY Travelling has the capacity to take you out of yourself. You see the world and your place in it with fresh eyes.
Challenge for the Church
By Penny Mulvey More than a thousand members of the synod recently participated in a culture survey at the invitation of the Major Strategic Review (MSR) team.
Day by day
Review by Penny Mulvey Book | A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie John Baillie’s classic book of prayers has been given new life by editor Susanna Wright with the assistance of Rev Dr Robin Boyd, a student of Dr Ba
Indonesia’s executions – a personal response
By Penny Mulvey We have all become voyeurs to the grief of the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and the six other people who were executed overnight in Indonesia.
Lest We Forget: Chaplains, Church and Gallipoli
By Penny Mulvey ‘Lest we forget.’ Three words that have been seared into the hearts and minds of people whose nations went to war in 1914.
The experience of ageism
By Penny Mulvey “It is a terrible thing for a society to discard the weak and the disabled and to justify it by saying they have had their turn.
Attitude key to positive ageing
By Penny Mulvey The new Executive Director/CEO of Uniting AgeWell, nearly 100 days into the job, is full of enthusiasm, ideas and praise for the age well philosophy.
Funny unhappiness
Review by Penny Mulvey Play l Endgame l MTC There is no curtain call at the conclusion of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, the latest Melbourne Theatre Company production.