Sharing stories of faith and culture
Young people from diverse faith and cultural backgrounds will share their stories at a forum on Wednesday 22 March.
Unearthing the early life of Victoria
A church carpark has been peeled back to provide a rare and fascinating peek into the lives of Victoria’s early settlers.
Walk for refugees
Vic/Tas moderator Sharon Hollis has described Australia’s treatment of people seeking asylum as a national shame ahead of this year’s Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees on 9 April.
Indigenous Visions
Review by NICK MATTISKE BOOK | OUR MOB, GOD’S STORY: ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTISTS SHARE THEIR FAITH | EDITED BY LOUISE SHERMAN AND CHRISTOBEL MATTINGLEY IN one of last year’s better books, Position Doub
Border Farce
Review by NICK MATTISKE BOOK | VIOLENT BORDERS | BY REECE JONES | VERSO IN 2015, 3700 people died trying to enter Europe.
Silver celebrations at St Albans
THE congregation at St Albans Uniting Church recently celebrated 25 years of worship with a special service on 26 February. Back in February 1992, six Filipino families gathered at the Brooklyn Uniting Church in Altona.
The face of friendship
DEB BENNETT Rhanee Tsetsakos (nee Lester) is used to teaching people about her Indigenous culture.
Home truths
Review by NIGEL TAPP BOOK | CRIMES OF THE FATHER | BY TOM KENEALLY | PENGUIN RENOWNED author and former seminarian Tom Keneally is no stranger to writing about the Catholic Church as well as the issue of child sex abuse
Letters to the editor – April 2017
Judge not … RESPONDING to Dennis Litchfield’s letter (Crosslight, March 2017), who complains firstly about the statement “Crosslight seeks not to denigrate other denominations or faiths”, one wonders exactly what Mr Litc
Failing the most vulnerable
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.