Chaplains chatting

Victorian Uniting Church Chaplains have come together for education and peer development in two separate gatherings in recent months.

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July letters

Stand up for foreign aid I commend those responsible for producing the very evocative front page and the words which went with it shown on Page 2.

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Uniting Church calls for tax justice

Cheryl Lawrie, acting Executive Director of Commission for Mission, shows her support for tax justice. Tax evasion by multinational companies costs Australia billions of dollars every year.

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Prayers in Parliament

The Victorian Parliament will debate a proposal to remove the Lord’s Prayer before each parliamentary sitting.

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Celebrating the courage of refugees

Refugee Week is an opportunity to recognise the positive contributions refugees make to Australian society. This year, Refugee Week is celebrated from 14 to 20 June with the theme ‘with courage let us all combine’.

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Poetry – An Ordinary Life

I mused upon the weeds one day, upon the torn and ravaged ground. Their healing fronds and trailing leaves, repairing torn and damaged space. I mused from window set on high, on field of rusting dusty past.

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Poetry – The Quiet Ones

River – ‘Hand Drawn with Mouse’ Digital Art by Margaret Gambold. THE QUIET PLACES Show me the quiet places Lord, Where I can find your peace. Take me beyond the noisiness of life’s relentless beat.

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Housing affordability crisis

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey caused a storm this week when he advised first-home buyers to “get a good job that pays good money“.

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Prose – Half Moon Bay

By Bill Pugh Half Moon Bay, Black Rock. Cliffs surround sand and sea making an amphitheatre. An experience whatever the season. A family place for summer days.

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