Putting theory into practice
RMIT student Ryan Townley-Jones chats with Uniting AgeWell Manor Lakes resident Kevin Peterson.
Fighter for justice moves on
After 16 years of service and leadership in human rights advocacy, Rev Elenie Poulos will step down as National Director of UnitingJustice Australia.
Prayers for a deeply shaken city
Melbourne CBD feels different this Monday morning even as workers sit at their familiar desks while tourists wander the streets.
All nations or one nation?
Sir Rohan Delacombe, Governor of Victoria and four times Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, sits in on the English Language Lab at Church of All Nations, in the 1960s.
Macnab leaves St Michael’s with no regrets
DAVID SOUTHWELL On Christmas Day, 45 years of high profile, diverse, successful and, at times, controversial ministry came to an end when Rev Dr Francis Macnab gave his final sermon in St Michael’s Uniting Church.
United in love
Dilan in Jaffna with their new engagement rings. Last year, eight Australians from the Sri Lankan diaspora travelled back to their homeland on a trip organised through the synod’s Uniting Journeys program.
The Uniting Church: gestation and birth
D’ARCY WOOD In June this year the Uniting Church in Australia will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Throughout 2017 Crosslight will bring you stories from the first four decades reflecting the diversity of the church.
Faith in work
REVIEW BY STEVEN CRUMP BOOK SET | THE LABOUR OF LOVE: LENTEN STUDIES ON FOLLOWING CHRIST AT WORK | JOHN BOTTOMLEY This series of Lenten Studies provides an opportunity to reflect on God’s presence in our daily work – pai
Agenda for change
More than 70 people attended an ‘open space technology’ forum in late November to have their say on major organisational changes underway in the Vic/Tas synod.
Finding your voice, telling your stories
SWEE ANN KOH I found my voice in this church only in the recent past. I had become frustrated with the huge gap between the rhetoric (‘the Uniting Church in Australia is a multicultural church’) and my lived experiences.
An object of worship
REVIEW BY NICK MATTISKE BOOK | THE MARKET AS GOD | HARVEY COX | HARVARD It’s not much of a revelation to suggest that capitalism has religious overtones, or that the market has godlike qualities.
Uniting mission
Rev John Clarke (pictured) has joined the Uniting team in Victoria and Tasmania as the director of mission.