Mental health shouldn’t be a lone struggle
This month, Crosslight welcomes Lionel Parrott, member of Yarra Yarra Presbytery Mental Health Network and part of the steering committee for a major new report, for its guest editorial.
Church leaders make mental health promise
Uniting Church and community service leaders have pledged to reduce mental health stigma during a session at the UnitingCare Australia Leaders Conference.
Moderator releases Mental Health Week video
Synod of Victoria and Tasmania moderator Sharon Hollis says Christians should be aware of the language they use regarding mental health issues if they want to model the love and acceptance of Jesus.
Advent stories of love: Caring for carers
For Christians the birth of Jesus is not just an historical event to be marked on Christmas Day but is an ongoing story of the way that God is at work in the world.
Discrimination haunting young lives
Young Australians have identified alcohol and drugs, discrimination and mental health as the top three issues facing the country today.
Talking mental health with the moderator
DAVID SOUTHWELL “We need to keep talking about these issues, we need to keep caring for each other. It’s an issue that’s very close to my heart and an issue I am passionate about.
Clarence UC’s Mental Health Week message of solidarity
Moderator Sharon Hollis told a lunch for mental health carers at Clarence Uniting Church in Hobart on Wednesday that they were sending out an important message in an area that is still often shrouded in shame and silence
The deadly stigma of mental health
The number of deaths by suicide is at its highest rate in a decade, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Caring for carers – Mental Health Week events
VicTas moderator Rev Sharon Hollis is inviting congregation members to join her for a series of community events during Mental Health Week (9-15 October).
Caring for carers
I have written and spoken before about my partner Michael’s depression and anxiety and his death.
R U OK? Day
In the era of smartphones and broadband internet, it is easy to become more connected with our digital devices than with people around us.
Make lives better
One of the proposals passed at the 2016 Synod meeting expressed concern about governments no longer adequately funding services which protect the vulnerable in our community.