Uniting for justice
Whether it’s opposing large-scale corporatised tax evasion under the umbrella of the Tax Justice Network, supporting UnitingWorld or speaking out with other groups on a range of issues, the need for successful campaignin
Not an act
MOVIE l The Act of Killing l MA 15+ Chip Henriss There’s so much to say about The Act of Killing and its availability, now on DVD, is a great opportunity to bring up a discussion that is seldom had in the west or w
Is religion under threat on our ABC?
In a time of constant change – of extremist groups using social media to capture world attention; of religion, politics and power combining into a volatile cocktail threatening to redefine the Middle East and beyond – we
Vale Gough Whitlam
I was three when Gough Whitlam was dismissed. The two years and nine months that he was the 21st prime minister of Australia brought in many changes – changes for a better, fairer society.
Taking care in business
As the voices in the public square become more strident, our media reflects growing hate and intolerance and our parliamentary Question Time is polarising and self-serving.
Christians from the rubble in Gaza and the West Bank
Co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, Maria Vamvakinou with speaker Arda Arghazharian At the memorial service for 70-year-old Jalila Ayyad, killed when an Israeli missile hit her home in Gaza, Archbishop
Hope in Harare
Mark Edmonds and Lovemore the gardener at the orphanage discussing drip irrigation installation When Mark Edmonds (pictured left) left his busy corporate job he could have been forgiven for settling quietly into retireme
Hidden talents
Kathy Van Essen (right) keeps a close eye on the work of fellow member Sue Stubbs When Kathy Van Essen was invited to the weekly art and craft group at the Ulverstone Uniting Church, on Tasmania’s North-West Coast, she d
Do not turn your face away
Over the past few months our television screens and newspapers have been filled with appalling stories of brutality visited upon children – Palestinian children dying in the Gaza Strip; children butchered by members of t
Watchfulness
elinnan1 on flickr Earlier on in my term as Moderator, I was given a book by a retired Uniting Church minister entitled, ‘Violence and Christian Spirituality – An Ecumenical Conversation’, edited by Emmanuel Clapsi
