Letters to the editor – February 2017
Core beliefs The feature article ‘Core Beliefs’ in the December issue of Crosslight makes for disturbing reading.
Rethinking Audacious Hope
Carla Wells reflects on the impending Trump presidency. On the night of 8 November, 2016, in the Bay Area of San Francisco, there was an eerie silence in the air.
Christmas appeal earns plenty of wraps
Last year’s 25th annual Target and UnitingCare Christmas Appeal delivered an “amazing result” raising well over a million dollars to give those in need something to more to celebrate during the festive season
What to do with whistleblowers
The drastic shortening of Chelsea Manning’s sentence by the outgoing Obama administration in the US has brought the topic of whistleblowers back into the spotlight as Australia continues to lag in the protection and rewa
The healing power of home
When 89-year-old Reginald Rigby suffered a serious fall at home earlier this month and broke his left shoulder, hospital staff offered him the choice of recovering in respite care or at an aged care home.
Argument rages over whether begging is a crime
Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle says attempts by the Greens to decriminalise begging will rob the city of the only means it has to divert people off the streets and get them appropriate help.
Controversial campaign raises the baa
FRIDAY FORUM – YOUR VIEWS ON THE NEWS In what has become something of an annual January tradition, the Meat and Livestock Association’s advertisements promoting lamb are bound to cause controversy.
The cool places to hang out at Yurora 17
The heatwave that left the large swathes of the northern (from a Victorian’s point of view) states sweltering this week did not spare the young and not-so-young attending Yurora 2017.
Uniting AgeWell takes a stand at Midsumma Festival
Aged care provider Uniting AgeWell will make its presence felt at one of Australia’s biggest festivals of gay and alternative sexualities.
Strangers in paradise – supporting asylum seekers
A life that epitomised post-war Hollywood glamour and popular operatic romance will be celebrated next month in a show that will also help out those fleeing war and persecution.
NCYC opening rally proves challenging
Young people were challenged to make a personal proclamation to follow Jesus during Sunday night’s opening worship rally at Yurora, the Uniting Church’s flagship national youth event.
Advent stories of love: Channeling the love of God
Moderator Rev Sharon Hollis provides us with this reflection to round out our Advent stories of hope, peace, joy and love.