History lesson – Selma review
David Oyelowo Movie l Selma l M Selma is based on a specific historic event in the life of Martin Luther King.
Development application lodged
Leighton Properties has lodged a Development Application to restore and redevelop the Wesley Upper Lonsdale Street site.
Life skills at Narre Warren North
Methodist Church Annual picnic at Ferntree Gully 1898 (Max Thompson Collection). Trevor Ratcliffe has a passion for volunteering and community support work.
Retributive justice or mercy?
What should I reflect on? Australia is currently wrestling with many issues: children in detention camps; child sex abuse; asylum seekers; domestic violence; terrorism; how we relate to the religious ‘other’? – to name
Who’s listening? Who’s watching? Who knows? – Citizenfour reviewed
Edward Snowden Movie l Citizenfour l M Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor analyst, gazes humbly downwards on the poster for Citizenfour, a documentary covering the course of the leaks
Time to listen
“Family violence is an area where – bizarrely – government organisations don’t necessarily seek the counsel of those who understand what is happening at the coalface – those who know what it is for a woman to be in an ab
Facing new challenges in our multi-faith community
Participants at the first workshop on violence against Muslim women.
What does ‘consensus’ mean in the UCA?
Consensus decision-making was adopted by the 1994 National Assembly as the norm for meeting procedure in all councils of the Uniting Church (congregation, church council, presbytery, Synod, Assembly).
Leviathan – A modern day book of Job
“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” – Job 2:10 Andrei Zvyagintsev’s fourth feature film has been wrapped up in political controversy in Russia.
White man’s burden
While browsing at a market on the weekend, I stopped at a stall selling classic film photo-books.
East Timor ties
Rev Ian Johnston with his creations Two statues were recently constructed by retired Uniting Church minister, Rev Ian Johnston as part of an ecumenical partnership with the Catholic community in East Timor.
Award for service
John Beswick John Beswick has always been a doer rather than a talker. And it is that philosophy which saw the 77-year-old appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day awards.