House pet Jesus: A Christmas story
I write this as a vile demagogue who campaigned on the emesis of hate has become president-elect of the USA.
Gardener of the year with plenty of street cred
Uniting Church member Shirley Johnson’s award-winning gardens may not quite stop traffic but they do slow it down.
Planting seeds of hope
Since learning Conservation Farming, Jesina now produces enough food for her family. Picture: Richard Wainwright JESS XAVIER In Zimbabwe’s Masvingo region the ground is dry and dusty. It hasn’t rained in months.
Synod Snaps – December 2016
The Synod’s Victorian Archives in Malvern East held a reunion morning tea to enable its past and present volunteers to meet up again.
25 years of a good pud!
HEATHER BENNETT Twenty-five years ago an idea for a fundraising venture was put to a Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church UCAF meeting – making Christmas puddings for sale.
Quiet courage in country Victoria
The announcement in November that international power company Engie would close the Hazelwood coal mine in March next year shone a spotlight on the town of Morwell in the shire of Gippsland.
Talking Treaty: Asking for a sign
GARTH JONES On Wednesday, 9 November, more than 300 people packed Wesley Uniting Church for the Victorian Council of Churches’ Christian Perspectives on Treaty, Sovereignty and Constitutional Recognition forum.
The US election from an expat’s perspective
I was invited to write this piece on the morning of 9 November, when the election result was still unknown. I had visions – no, fantasies! – of writing about what it felt like to have the first female President.
Conventionally inspired youth
TIM LAM NCYC is a familiar acronym to many who have grown up in the Uniting Church. Since 1955, the National Christian Youth Convention has been a central event on the UCA youth calendar.
Heath continues a family tradition
Lance Cowled, Heath Cowled and Heather Cowled at his commissioning as a lay preacher With four consecutive generations of his family having preached in Methodist or Uniting Churches, it was probably no surprise that West
Battle with blasphemy
REVIEW BY TIM LAM BOOK | BLASPHEMY: THE TRUE HEART-BREAKING STORY OF THE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER A CUP OF WATER | ASIA BIBI Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi has been languishing on death row for the past seven y
Standing strong
Review by PENNY MULVEY BOOK | CHILD, ARISE! THE COURAGE TO STAND. A SPIRITUAL HANDBOOK FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE | JANE N.