Sounds of silence – reflections on a retreat
Driving up the dirt road to the Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Learning Centre at the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, I begin to feel quite apprehensive.
Siri-ous love
Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Her (MA) As a director, Spike Jonze has specialised in films that have a uniquely quirky character.
Finding truth in Australia Day
A“Day of Mourning” held in the early part of last century. Leaflets warned that: “aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend.” The deepest thinking we do is metaphorical.
The price of a bargain
By Bindy Taylor The connection between clothing production and human trafficking has been one of the world’
Yurora – National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC)
“Faith is a practical thing,” Julian Hamilton, of the Methodist Church of Ireland, preached on the third day of Yuróra. “We must perform the text, and when we do God turns up.
Bringing black fish out of darkness
Tilikum THE public performance of an enormous wild sea mammal involves exploitation of both the animal itself and t
Season for giving
Operation Santa underway: Staff from Harrison UnitingCare sort through some of the gifts donated at Target stores at Christmas time.
“We really thank the Uniting Church.”
Pastor Berlin Guerrero and Mylene Christmas this year will be a bit happier for Pastor Berlin Guerrero and his wife Mylene.
Time to be heard
Stuffed bear given as a Christmas present to a child in Orana Methodist Home, Melbourne, Victoria 1960s. Soon after it was taken away without explanation. Image courtesy of Jeanette Blick.
Education a lasting legacy
Adela in class at Charbagh-E-Safa Girls High School in Jalalabad Australia’s main military base throughout the Afghanistan occupation, Tarin Kowt, will be formally handed over to Afghan security mid-December and 800 troo
Determined to stay
Allan Kerss, Iris Whitehurst, Mary Burbidge and Elaine Peck Sitting at the table with four women from St Stephen’s Williamstown Uniting Church feels a little like intruding on a wake.