Church questions the cost of ‘free’ speech
The Uniting Church in Australia has named racism as a sin in a strongly-worded submission to the Federal Government’s proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
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.
New festival in Queenscliff celebrates SacredEdges
Yirrmal Marika & Dion, Jerol and Seviro Wunungmurra The SacredEdge festival at Queenscliff Unitin
Writing a new story for Sri Lanka
Cricketers Harmony Cup By Larry Marshall The Uniting Church’s Uniting Through Faiths project was rece
New Colleges for 2015 by University of Divinity
The University of Divinity (UD) has accepted two newly reconfigured colleges – the Pilgrim Theological College (PTC) and the Trinity College Theological School (TCTS) – into the university.
UCA’s hot-button issues in brand new book
An Informed Faith, The Uniting Church at the beginning of the 21st century (ed by William W. Emilsen.) BOOK l $39.
It’s all in the name…
With the closure of the United Faculty of Theology at the end of 2014, the Uniting Church Theological College will seek an independent future under the new name Pilgrim Theological College, an accredited institution of t
Double or nothing?
Jesse Eisenberg in The Double MOVIE l The Double l M l As I watched, I wondered if I was supposed to understand what, exactly, was going on.
May 2014 Letters
Climate change from global warming is arguably the biggest calamity the world is facing today.
Budget cuts young and old
Advocacy and welfare groups have criticised the 2014 Federal Budget over wide-ranging cuts to welfare, education and support services.
Deterrence – art installation
Launched last month on the grounds of St Kilda Parish Mission, Deterrence is a confronting art installation constructed by Rev John Tansey.