Sitting for gun control
There have been extraordinary scenes in the US Capitol building in Washington.
Everybody’s Talking At Me – Brexit
EMMET O’CUANA I have been asked to do an Op Ed about the Brexit campaign in the UK.
Refugees share stories through art
Sina Pourhorayed, Crushing Hope. Acrylic on canvas board Many refugees experience unimaginable horrors when they flee their war-torn homes and seek safety in a new country.
Tip of the ice bucket
PENNY MULVEY “It’s all good for footy,” Eddie McGuire concluded as he and his fellow radio commentators ended a brief and chilling conversation, later described as ‘banter’, in which they joked about drowning a well-know
Daring conference
Photos from the Daring Conference can be found here. TIM LAM The Uniting Church is characterised by a diversity of cultural and theological perspectives.
Feminist theology
CATH MCKINNEY For Equality gives strength, in all things and at all times. Meister Eckhart. Feminism: The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of equality of the sexes.
The future is here
Much of the business of Synod 2016 concerned the future of the Church based on proposals relating to Major Strategic Review.
Playing their part in the polls
ROS MARSDEN Most of our readers will pick up Crosslight the day after the federal election.
Power of love
How do you think about power? Is it a good word or an ‘ugly’ word in your vocabulary? Often, it seems to be coupled with words like ‘too much’ or ‘too little,’ or use and abuse.
A well-worn path
Book | Quarterly Essay- Firing Line, Australia’s Path To War | James Brown Review by GARTH JONES ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum.’ (‘If you want peace, prepare for war’).
Where there’s a will
Film | God Willing (Subtitled) | (PG) By PENNY MULVEY Billed as ‘Italy’s #1 smash-hit comedy’ and titled God Willing, one can’t help but be a little curious.
God in the margins
The Chinese Church has undergone dramatic change in the past few decades. Two men with considerable knowledge of the church in China are Rev Dr Ji Zhang and Rev Zhu Enshou.