Peter’s kind farewell
When you mention the name Rev Peter Cook to locals in the Hamilton area, the first thing that often comes to mind is his generous support for people in need.
Home values
BILL PUGH Our little weatherboard home was built by a wise man and his wife in the 1950s.
Cause to celebrate
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.
Child safe priority
PENNY MULVEY All churches, sporting clubs, schools, scout groups and any other institution or community group that engages with children are facing legal responsibilities to ensure the safety of children.
Blinding insights
Review by David Southwell MOVIE | NOTES ON BLINDNESS For John Hull the experience of totally losing his sight became something of a spiritual quest.
Time to refresh the Soap Box
Consider this article a bit of a ‘taster plate’. There are 16 candidates for ordained ministry within the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania at the moment.
Understanding Pope Francis’ (and Andrew Garfield’s) spirituality
What do Pope Francis, and actor Andrew Garfield, who plays a lead role as a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Silence, have in common? Answer: they have both undergone the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius o
The perils of Pauline
Review by Garth Jones BOOK | THE WHITE QUEEN | ONE NATION AND THE POLITICS OF RACE (QUARTERLY ESSAY 65) | DAVID MARR In his seventh Quarterly Essay, The White Queen – One Nation and the Politics of Race, journali
Free to believe
Review by Nick Mattiske BOOK | FAITH AND FREEDOM | TERESA FORCADES Faith and freedom may be thought of as opposites by those critical of religion.
Material world
Review by Nick Mattiske BOOK | MATERIALISM | TERRY EAGLETON Terry Eagleton can usually be relied upon for a left-field viewpoint on religion, politics and culture, both in the senses of the political left and the simply
Synod Snaps – May 2017
The Sipwell faith community celebrated the Easter dawn around a campfire and enjoyed a fish breakfast. St Luke’s UCA at Devon North in Gippsland, decorated a wooden cross with fresh flowers.
Waiting for gospel – a strategy
‘Pray also for me that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains.’ (Ephesians 6:19).