By Marcus Campbell
In the race to transition away from fossil fuels, the world has begun mining its way into a new set of crises.
The shift to green energy comes with a hidden cost.
Critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel are essential to solar panels, wind turbines and battery technology.
By Marina Williams
A Uniting Church in Melbourne’s show of solidarity with the LGBTIQA+ community has sparked years of repeated vandalism and abuse, but also resilience.
Since 2022, the Ascot Vale congregation has flown the rainbow pride flag as a public expression of welcome and inclusion — a stance reflected in its commitment to social justice and Christian compassion.
By Andrew Humphries
Music, in its many forms, is a hugely important part of Geoff Serpell’s life.
And it’s the music from a country 15,000km away that resonates most deeply with the Leighmoor Uniting Church member.
Welsh choral music, in particular the tradition of male voice choirs, has its roots in the chapels which sprung up in Wales in the ...
By Mark Zirnsak
In his work ‘A Public Faith. How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good’ (2011), theologian Miroslav Wolf made the case that if we believe God is love and we are created for love, we will care for our neighbours’ wellbeing for their own sake.
This month’s Crosslight will be arriving when the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being celebrated in Australia.
This has been a year in which the Orthodox and Western celebrations of Easter have coincided. It’s also the 1700th anniversary year of the ecumenical council of Nicaea, which articulated the foundational faith of all of the churches in words that ...
By Andrew Humphries
When Tim and Jen Nethercote heard about the Beechworth Uniting Church’s Celtic Pilgrimage, they couldn’t wait to take part.
Tim and Jen, from St Kilda South Port Uniting Church, embraced the 80km spiritual walk for the first time in November last year and can’t speak highly enough of the whole experience.
By Meg Hocking
Perhaps one of life’s harshest realities is our inability to choose the circumstances into which we are born.
For Lily* and Oliver*, both in their early 20s, childhood was unlike most.
Before Lily and Oliver were born, their parents had come to the attention of the Victorian child protection service.
By Andrew Humphries
At first glance, Rogers Park in Chicago and Coburg in inner Melbourne would appear to have little in common.
After all, more than 15,000km separate the two locations.
For Coburg Uniting Church Minister Rev Ron Rosinsky, though, there are more than a few similarities between them.
And Ron should know, having spent a considerable amount of time ...
Rafael: People with autism have trouble with their social, communication, and imagination skills. Autism presents in many different ways and impacts social interaction and understanding, communication and play, imagination, sensory processing, gross/fine motor skills, obsessions and rituals, routines and executive function.
While people on the autistic spectrum present differently, all have troubles in social interaction, understanding and imagination. There is ...
By Rachel Alembakis
When does a food truck become more than just a food truck?
When it delivers warmth, light and hope, along with meals.
The Cranbourne Food Truck, run by volunteers from the Cranbourne Uniting Church, doesn’t just serve food; it fills a critical gap in food relief by bringing meals and essential supplies directly to those in need.
By Cathy Withiel
It’s all about numbers.
Just ask Joan Tucker, who at the age of 95 still serves as treasurer at Pascoe Vale South Uniting Church.
Joan attends the church, so it made perfect sense to her to do the books as well.
But she doesn’t need a calculator to work out her equation for happiness.
“We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.” (Nicene Creed)
In the post-biblical book, the ‘Apocryphal Apocalypse of John’, the author imaginatively describes the disciple John quizzing Jesus about the afterlife. One of the topics that takes up several chapters is the nature of resurrected bodies. “In what form will they rise?” ...