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.

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.

2016: A year of surprises, tragedy and hope

As 2016 draws to a close, Crosslight looks back on the biggest stories from this year. On the political front, 2016 was a tumultuous year with plenty of shocks and surprises.

Advent stories of love: What abides

For Christians the birth of Jesus is not just an historical event to be marked on Christmas Day but is an ongoing story of the way that God is at work in the world.

Away behind a bottle shop

This Christmas look for Jesus outside the box, the spiritual leader of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania says.