STRYDA for RYDA
Robert de Castella claims that humans have evolved to run marathons. He believes that of all God’s creatures, we are the only ones with the genetic disposition to maintain a constant run over 42.2 kilometres.
Whishing Alison well
After six years as the Presbytery Minister-Leadership Development in Tasmania Rev Alison Whish (pictured) is moving to South Australia.
Conference unites women
In September, 500 women from all around Australia gathered for a weekend in Sydney to “Share the Deeper Sto
Love and Power
Every day there is a horrifying roll call of destruction and threat in the news. We risk being backed into a defensive corner by loud shouts of ‘Danger!’, or overwhelmed and numbed by images of suffering.
Christians from the rubble in Gaza and the West Bank
Co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, Maria Vamvakinou with speaker Arda Arghazharian At the memorial service for 70-year-old Jalila Ayyad, killed when an Israeli missile hit her home in Gaza, Archbishop
Taking care in business
As the voices in the public square become more strident, our media reflects growing hate and intolerance and our parliamentary Question Time is polarising and self-serving.
Time travel on a shoe-string budget
Time travel and romance do not seem to go together naturally. H.G.
Hope in Harare
Mark Edmonds and Lovemore the gardener at the orphanage discussing drip irrigation installation When Mark Edmonds (pictured left) left his busy corporate job he could have been forgiven for settling quietly into retireme
October letters
Church council members of Pomonal Uniting Church are struggling with the massive amounts of communications we receive via email, particularly from the synod office.
Hidden talents
Kathy Van Essen (right) keeps a close eye on the work of fellow member Sue Stubbs When Kathy Van Essen was invited to the weekly art and craft group at the Ulverstone Uniting Church, on Tasmania’s North-West Coast, she d
New theological college unveiled
The new face in theological education, the Pilgrim Theological College, has been launched at the current gathering of the Uniting Church in Australia’s Victoria and Tasmania Synod.