Some tips to help make a world of difference
On United Nations World Environment Day, UnitingWorld’s Alexandra Bingham gives some tips on how to live more responsibly and sustainably.
Budget has no surplus of compassion, UCA leaders say
UCA President of the National Assembly Dr Deidre Palmer has responded to the 2019 federal Budget by encouraging Australians to put the urgent needs of others ahead of short-term self-interest.
Giving it all in the Pacific
UCA President Dr Deidre Palmer didn’t shy away from the big issues of women’s equality, the devastating impact of changing climate and domestic violence during recent trips to Bali, Fiji and Vanuatu.
After the tsunami
UnitingWorld church partners have responded quickly to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi in late September.
Promoting peace and tackling poverty
Families in Indonesia are well on the way ending poverty and promoting peace: breeding goats! The work of our Christian brothers and sisters in Indonesia has probably never been more important.
Getting creative for Lent
The season of Lent is just around the corner, with Ash Wednesday (14 February) marking the start of 40 days of abstinence and reflection.
Extending a helping hand out to the Pacific
In the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, climate change is a matter of life and death. Rev Tafue Lusama is general secretary of the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu.
Church agencies step up humanitarian response
UnitingWorld has been selected to be part of a new Australian government partnership to better equip Pacific communities to manage natural disasters.
Yes, poor people have mobile phones
CATH TAYLOR The moment I spot the mobile phone I flash a look at our photographer.
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.
Making compassion real
ALEXANDER BAKER Straight off the red-eye flight from Manila to Nairobi, my colleague Alexandra and I were greeted by possibly the biggest smile in Africa, and not just because it stood seven-foot-high off the ground.
Advent stories of peace: After the guns fall silent
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.