From little things…

Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is a small grain which is gaining international attention due to its high protein content and potential role in achieving the Millennium Development Goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hung

Access for all

Di Gow and Liam It was an unseasonably warm autumn morning when I visited Tecoma Uniting Church at the foothills of the Dandenong ranges east of Melbourne.

Edith Mary Kay 08/03/1920 to 03/02/2013

Edith was a devoted member of both the Presbyterian and Uniting Church in the Yarram Parish. Before her marriage to Angus Kay, Edith was a member of the Anglican Church in the Yarram area.

Lion’s tale

The Lion’s World – a journey into the heart of Narnia By former-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams RRP: $20.95.

Mission memories

Jack Arnold and Cape Pearson staff A seeker in Papua – the journal of a young missionary, by Rev John Kissack Arnold Compiled and Edited by Iris Pederick (Arnold)  and Philip Pope Price $50.00 (postage paid).

A lesson for us all

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle with Year 9 Billanook student Sam Lawson. For many young teens, their first trip unsupervised on public transport is something of a right-of-passage.

Children’s hour: White Sunday

‘Jesus called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Farewell and thank you

By the time you read this column I’ll probably have already installed Dan Wootton as moderator. It’s been an incredible gift to have been moderator for the last three years and eight months.

Easter reflections

“Who do you say that I am?” Jesus asks the disciples. There was a time when I could answer that question with great clarity and confidence.