Tribute to a friend
Rev Ojitha Goonetilleke More than 200 people attended a farewell lunch for Rev Ojitha Goonetilleke (pictured), who retired from full-time ministry at the end of April.
The evil of ‘othering’
It’s part of human nature to secure identity by rivalry, building barriers, erecting implacable oppositions of ‘us’ and ‘them’.
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.
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