Jesus vs Muhammad
Book | Understanding Jesus and Muhammad: What the ancient texts say about them | Bernie Power Review by Larry Marshall Here is a book that purports to speak with some knowledge and insight about these two great religiou
Seafood industry takes action
The Uniting Church’s long-term campaign to stop human trafficking and forced labour in the Thai seafood industry is starting have an impact. Thailand is the main source of seafood imports into Australia.
Starting school
February is one of the busiest months of the year for school chaplains in Uniting Church schools across Victoria and Tasmania. The role of a school chaplain varies from school to school.
Little festival with a big heart
TIM LAM Sacrededge will return to the coastal town of Queenscliff for a weekend of music, stories and reflection. Now in its third year, the festival takes place from Friday 29 April to Sunday 1 May.
Challenging bias
PENNY MULVEY International Women’s Day (IWD), held on 8 March for the past 105 years, had its origins at an international conference of socialist women held in Copenhagen in 1910, which had, as its foremost aim, internat
A model for peace
BOOK | Blessed and Called to Be a Blessing: Muslim-Christian Couples Sharing a Life Together | Rev Helen Richmond Review by Rebecca Beisler When Michelle and Yusef chose to embark on life together as a married couple, so
UnitingCare Pancake Day cooks up a storm
SOFI LAWSON Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of local churches, schools and businesses, UnitingCare’s Pancake Day is on track to raise more money this year than ever before.
Man of great faith
Rev Robert Brian Catford 27/06/1934 – 15/09/2015 Throughout his more than 50 years of service, first as a Presbyterian and later a Uniting Church minister, Rev Robert Catford lived out his faith by example, sharing the g
Sharing the load
NIGEL TAPP It is often said two heads are better than one but in ministry it is more common to see one person filing a position rather than two sharing the role.
See GHOST…before it disappears
Play | Ghost Review by Penny Mulvey Theatre tickets are expensive, particularly the large-scale music theatre productions.
