From Melbourne to Malawi
As the first permanent audiologists in Malawi, Peter and Rebecca Bartlett arrived facing a mammoth task when they first arrived.
Being there for asylum seekers
Uniting Church agencies are calling for help in supporting asylum seekers attempting to make a new life in Australia.
Listening post
Rev David Howie is a UCA chaplain at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). We asked him what he has learned in the three years he’s been there.
Centenary of tears for Tasmania
Tasmanians have been remembering the terrible toll of World War I in this year's centenary commemoration of the Armistice signing.
Letters to the editor – November 2018
Letters to the editor from the November 2018 edition of Crosslight.
Committed to a climate conscious lifestyle
A new campaign is challenging Uniting Church members and people from other faith traditions to live a more environmentally aware lifestyle according to their religious teachings and help save the planet.
Connected to country
A new landscape project at the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) Leprena Centre in Hobart aims to immerse visitors into the First Peoples’ cultural connection to country.
Children being left behind
One in six Australians under the age of 14 live in poverty, with children in Victoria and Tasmania particularly at risk of social exclusion, a new UnitingCare Australia report has revealed.
Rallying against slavery
Once more High Street Uniting Church will be hitting out against slavery and there is still time to get involved.
Mental Health Month – Prayer of Intercession
Synod disability inclusion advocate Andy Calder has offered the following adapted prayer for use during Mental Health Week (7 -14 October) and Mental Health Month in Victoria (7 October to 6 November).
Balanced view of religious freedom
Australian Christians are not persecuted and religious freedom should not be used to justify discrimination against LGBTI people, a Uniting Church minister has said.