Courage doesn’t have to roar
Warragul Uniting Church is preparing to host a light lunch that features a panel of accomplished Gippsland women talking about facing up to the increasingly challenging aspects of rural and regional life.
Freedom of Speech – Freedom from Consequences
Image credit: Garth Jones Friday Forum Your views on the news David French, a conservative writer for the National Review, was recently interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Victorians urged to be ready for fire season
Emergency authorities are warning Victorians to prepare themselves for a significant bushfire season. Recent rains have fuelled substantial grass growth, which will increase the likelihood of fire once temperature rises.
Putting Christmas on the table
Volunteers sorting donated food. DAVID SOUTHWELL Christmas hasn’t always been that festive for Jill*. “I actually spent one Christmas eating two-minute noodles,” she said.
Syrian refugee starts magazine about homeland
Pic credit: Susan Dirgham. Syria was once a vibrant and prosperous country like Australia, with a population of 23 million people.
Child poverty on a grand scale – hearing the noise of eight full MCG crowds
Connections UnitingCare Chief Executive Officer Angela Forbes used a very Melbourne analogy to powerfully illustrate how hundreds of thousands of children are not being given a sporting chance in Australia.
Fashion parade at Ocean Grove
The Ocean Grove Uniting Church congregation recently hosted a Spring Fashion Parade to raise funds for local and overseas communities.
Reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka
TIM LAM Sri Lanka is slowly emerging from the shadows of a decades-long civil war.
Judging Jonah
REVIEW BY BOB FASER BOOK | SYMPATHY FOR JONAH: REFLECTIONS ON HUMILIATION, TERROR, AND THE POLITICS OF ENEMY-LOVE | DAVID BENJAMIN BLOWER David Blower’s brief (60 pages) study of the Book of Jonah challenges the main fou
Unpolished silver
REVIEW BY EMMET O’CUANA BOOK | THE SILVER BARON’S WIFE | DONNA BAIER STEIN Donna Baier Stein’s fictionalised account of Elizabeth ‘Baby Doe’ McCourt Tabor promises much.
Beauty therapy at Phillip Island
Celtic theologian John O’Donohue once said a world without beauty would be unbearable. “Beauty is so quietly woven through our ordinary days that we hardly notice it.
Letters – November 2016
Flying the flag The August issue of Crosslight has a dramatic cover of the cross, the main symbol of the Christian religion, being manoeuvred into position at Long Tan, and its articles on military chaplaincy expresses m