Pedalling a message of inclusion

DEB BENNETT If the thought of cycling more than 500 kilometres sends a lazy shudder up your spine, spare a thought for a group of 18 Australians who recently pedalled their way across Cambodia and Vietnam.

Highway to Nell

Nell, Let There Be Robe, 2012 REVIEW BY GARTH JONES EXHIBITION | NEϟLL | SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM The Maitland raised, Sydney-based Nell opened her eponymous show at Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) last month.

Conversation or conflict? 

PENNY MULVEY Crosslight published a letter from Rev David Brown with the heading ‘Learning from Islam’ in our October edition.

College trail a blooming success

Cornish College’s Indigenous Plant Trail has been recognised in the 2016 Victoria Schools Garden Awards. It is in the running for a state award in the Most Engaging Student Garden for Teaching category.

Back to first principles

After 17 years working for synod, the last 10 as executive director of the Commission for Mission, Rev David Pargeter is, in some ways, starting again.

Energy audits make cents

NIGEL TAPP It may seem too easy, but a church can reduce its power bills by up to $40 a week simply by contacting their current provider and ensuring they are receiving the best possible tariff price.

Forgotten meaning of Halloween

With Halloween goodies and Christmas delights jostling for space on the shelves of our supermarket, it can be hard to remember that the season of trick-or-treating has its foundation in the Christian celebration of All S

Talking mental health with the moderator

DAVID SOUTHWELL “We need to keep talking about these issues, we need to keep caring for each other. It’s an issue that’s very close to my heart and an issue I am passionate about.

Frugality and hope

Friday Forum Your views on the news A recent study by ACOSS (Australian Council of Social Service) found that more than 3 million Australians live below the poverty line.

Australian stories

Pic credit: Ros Horin, Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe DOCUMENTARY | THE BAULKHAM HILLS AFRICAN LADIES TROUPE Review by Deb Bennett The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe documents writer Ros Horin’s involvement w

Living Stones – Decades of being denied basic rights

Last week in Melbourne at the launch of the Living Stones campaign, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Reverend Dr Olav Fyske Tveit highlighted that next year Palestinian Christians will have be