Care, discipline and courageous conversations – effective pastoral leadership
Is there a difference between pastoral care and pastoral oversight or leadership? I think so; however, I am aware that many assume both terms refer to the same thing.
The relationship of congregations and agencies
In Melbourne from 2 to 4 September, an important conference titled Recapturing Our Soul will examine the question of congregation, agency and state relationships.
Subversive Tradition
Behind the formal declaration of International Women’s Day by the United Nations in 1975 there is a longer tradition.
Infectious Youth Leadership
By Adrian Greenwood “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
The first impressions of an outsider
Photo by Bret Salinger By Rev Dr John G Flett As one new to the Uniting Church, I thought that I might relate my first and uninformed impressions.
Public lecture: Marketization of the Bible
Image by el vacano on Flickr There is a Green Bible, a Gay and Lesbian Bible, an African Bible, an Amplified Bible, a New American Bible, a Youth Bible, a Bible in Cockney and a People’s Bible.