Respectfully disagree
PENNY MULVEY OUR country and our churches are at a crossroads. As a nation, we have never been very good at disagreeing with each other without making it personal.
Editorial pieces from Crosslight magazine by Penny Mulvey.
PENNY MULVEY OUR country and our churches are at a crossroads. As a nation, we have never been very good at disagreeing with each other without making it personal.
PENNY MULVEY Humans are creatures of habit. We often go about our daily activities as if on a conveyor line. But sometimes a person, an event, some words on a page, will break through and stay with you.
A letter to Crosslight this month eloquently reminds us that human beings do not have all the answers.
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.
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.
I have read three books over the last few weeks – two works of fiction and one non-fiction – all with a common thread, the treatment or mistreatment of children.
We are in the season of Lent. From childhood we were encouraged to give something up to enable us to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus. People fast or give up red meat on Fridays. Give up technology. Give up alcohol.
PENNY MULVEY What role does ethics play in leadership? In many ways this has been an underlying theme throughout January with media reports on political entitlement in regards to travel allowances and the changing of the
PENNY MULVEY Stanley and his goat present a captivating front page. His infectious happiness somehow invites us to share his pleasure.
PENNY MULVEY Crosslight published a letter from Rev David Brown with the heading ‘Learning from Islam’ in our October edition.
PENNY MULVEY Have you ever considered what a respectful conversation might sound like? This might seem an odd question if you are always respectful.
PENNY MULVEY When is an alcove a home? Sadly, it is more often than any of us would like to imagine as we enjoy the comfort of four walls and a cosy bed.