The Challenge of Change
For many, Christmas is a time of celebration, reflection on the year that has passed and anticipation of a new year ahead. For others, the season can intensify loss, loneliness and isolation.
Mockingjay – Unexpected messages
Film | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 That’s an ugly set of punctuation marks. Some years ago film reviewers liked to poke fun at movie titles so overlong they needed their own clauses.
Every cent counts
Nicholas with a giving box Seven-year-old Nicholas Pyle has been saving five cent pieces for an entire year to buy a special Christmas gift for a child he has never met.
Celebrating ecumenism and working for reconciliation in Sri Lanka
A floating market in Colombo In October 2014 the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) celebrated one hundred years of ecumenism.
From small things, big things grow
Chinese President Xi Jinping plants a tree with Scotch Oakburn students An exercise in persuasive writing led to a group of students from Launceston’s Scotch Oakburn College Junior School meeting one of the most powerful
Singing Scottish songs in Sri Lanka
‘Now, no more talking… use your nose, and give your mind to it,’ said Rat to Mole … They moved on in silence for some little way, when suddenly the Rat was conscious, through his arm that was linked in Mole’s, of a faint
Breaking the silos
Silos In 2015, the Uniting Church in Australia will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 4th National Assembly declaration – “The Uniting Church is a multicultural Church”.
Hidden wisdom
Geelong’s Wise Men The Geelong City Ministers group is taking Christmas to the city this year.
Presbytery on show
Port Phillip East Presbytery expo held at Cornish College Hundreds of people recently attended the Port Phillip East Presbytery expo held at Cornish College.
Change in the wind in Church/School relationships
Cornish College students A panel of four experts, appointed by the Commission for Mission (CFM), has been exploring governance and operational matters regarding Church/Schools relationships over the past 10 months.
A very Swedish Christmas
The Swedish Church in Melbourne has celebrated St Lucia’s Day for many years at their Toorak Church. This year, they are bringing the traditional Scandinavian celebrations to Toorak Uniting Church.
A story that draws in the arts
Christmas art play Christmas is a time steeped in tradition, smothered by commercial interests, preserved by sentimentality and – somewhere among the noise – inspired by one of the central stories of the Christian faith.