Prayers for peace
The Uniting Church has joined the calls for peace and solidarity in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut.
Younger and freer than you think: UCA NextGen get to know China’s emerging Christian Church
Noel Debien China is frankly fascinating. In my professional capacity as a journalist I’ve long followed stories of China closely. I’ve examined Chinese astrology and medicine.
Spectre Review – Lie Back and Think of England
James Bond will return in… In Ian Fleming’s Seven Deadlier Sins and 007’s Moral Compass, writer Benjamin Pratt excitedly quotes the following passage from the ‘Letter of James’ – James, a bond-ser
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2015
The 11th day, at the 11th hour of the 11th month. We pause and remember. Still, there is war.
Global support for persecuted Christians
KIM CAIN An historic consultation of church leaders has focused on intensifying discrimination, persecution and violence against Christian communities around the world.
German university offers free education for refugees
2015 has seen an unprecedented number of refugees flee their homes. There are now nearly 60 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide, the highest level ever recorded.
Reflections on the Intervention
Book | The Intervention: An Anthology | edited by Rosie Scott and Anita Heiss Review by Tim Lam The 2007 Northern Territory Emergency Response, also known as ‘The Intervention’, was one of the most controversial Australi
New home for archives
Moderator Dan Wootton recently opened the new home for the synod Archives Centre in Malvern East.
Rev Rronang Garrawurra honoured
Former national chairperson of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), Rev Rronang Garrawurra, was honoured on Wednesday night as a finalist for the 2016 Northern Territory Senior Australian of th
Faith in numbers
Interested in growing your congregation? From Friday 6 November the Presbytery of Yarra Yarra will host the ‘Faithfulness in Numbers’ conference at the Box Hill Central Parish.
Be Still My Soul
By Rowan Gill Two years ago in these columns I said I would study Italian opera to see if we could learn some models of worship for Christian hymnody, etc.