Direct action and the power of prayer
Rev Alex Sangster recently participated in two non-violent direct actions to protest against the government's refugees and climate change policies.
Love Makes a Way protesters dragged from minister’s office
Six members of the Love Makes A Way refugee advocate group, including Uniting Church minister Rev Alex Sangster, were forcibly removed from federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s Melbourne office on Tuesday evening after s
Theology of impact, not survival
UnitingWorld national director Rob Floyd with Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, South Lebanon His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Elias Kfoury.
Refugee advocates show ‘there is still light’
The Uniting Church honoured its refugee advocates at a special morning tea to celebrate International Human Rights Day on 10 December.
Celebrating refugees
Immigration minister Peter Dutton tabled a Bill in Parliament on Tuesday that will impose a lifetime ban on asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat.
Syrian refugee starts magazine about homeland
Pic credit: Susan Dirgham. Syria was once a vibrant and prosperous country like Australia, with a population of 23 million people.
Challenging stereotypes
Review by TIM LAM BOOK | WHEN MICHAEL MET MINA | RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH What happens when a teenager from an anti-immigration family meets a young Afghan refugee? That is the premise of Randa Abdel-Fattah’s latest young adul
The legacy of Alan Kurdi
Friday Forum Your view on the news The heart-rending photos of a drowned boy washed up on a Turkish beach stirred the international community into a flurry of pledges to help the millions displaced by fighting in Syria,
Theological reflection: Why Christians advocate for refugees and asylum seekers
This is a talk that Moderator Rev Sharon Hollis gave to the Victorian Council of Churches’ Social Questions Commission at the Melbourne Welsh Church on Sunday, 28 August.
In support of a national summit on refugee policy
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has added his voice to the growing number of advocates calling for a national summit on alternatives to Australia’s refugee policies.
Stories of hope at the Olympics
The Rio Olympics has seen record-breaking feats, with Usain Bolt racing himself into Olympics history and Michael Phelps winning his 28th, and most-likely final, medal.
Swimming beyond borders
Syrian swimmers Yusra Mardini and Rami Anis will be competing at the Rio Olympics. The Rio Olympics begins on Friday and a refugee team will compete for the first time in the games’ history.