News of the Royal Commission

Stuffed bear made by the Pentridge toy makers prison The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse will deliver an interim report towards the end of this month.

Faith in a pluralist society

Miroslav Volf By Penny Mulvey Imagine a world in the not-so-distant future where Christians and Muslims and people of other faiths and no faith work together, holding to their own distinct perspective, but listening and

Footy pride

Jennie Gordon (centre) delivered a reflection before the Gay Pride match in Yarra Glen last month.

Winter is coming

                                Winter has well and truly arrived in the southern states of Australia.

KUCA thanks

Margaret Hammon was recently recognised for 30 years of dedication to the KUCA (Kids of the Uniting Church in Australia) club.

The presence of the past

Moderator Dan Wootton standing in front of the giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of the Northland Region. “I have a lofty tree upon one of my estates at New South Wales. It stands upon the summit of a hill.

Borrowing God come election time

#LovesMakesAWay outside Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s office The recent #LoveMakesAWay protests in Melbourne and Sydney, involving church leaders and activists from the major Christian denominations, shone a lig

Church camps: a chance for inclusion

Cross Cultural Mission and Ministry (CCMM) Second Gen Youth Leadership Camp The Uniting Church has a long and proud history of holding annual camps to bring members together in a spirit of community with the vision of th

Marketing Hot Air

The appearance this morning in Melbourne of a hot-air balloon resembling the statue of Christ the Redeemer from Rio de Janeiro, bearing the advertorial legend of Sportsbet, has been criticised for causing offence to the

A time to be born and a time to die

MOVIE  l  The Zero Theorem  l  M Terry Gilliam’s latest film opens with a naked man sitting in a chair in the middle of an abandoned church, gazing at a computer display of a vast black hole in space.

On a Uniting Journey

Cambodian tour guide, Eng Veng, ina cyclo duringa Uniting Journeys trip.