People & Opinion
Chaplains and art of connection
As University of Melbourne chaplains, Brendan Byrne and Thomas Grayden have a wealth of lived experience to bring to their roles.
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Rod Dungan joins pitched battle for the ‘Grey Ashes’
As Australia takes on England for the Ashes another, slightly older, group is also padding up with grey expectations.
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Double Take: Salesi and Siotame Faupula
Like father, like son? For Doubletake we asked Canterbury Balwyn Road Uniting Church minister Rev Salesi Faupula and his son Siotame to talk about family, faith and finding yourself.
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Coralie Ling enjoys her purple patch stage of life
Coralie Ling is the first woman to have been ordained a Methodist minister in Victoria. She recently made her theatre debut, starring in the Gasworks Theatre stage show Beachside Stories.
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Julie Perrin’s kind of revelations in her new book Tender
Everyone has a story to tell. Or, in Julie Perrin’s case, lots of stories. And some of them are very close to home.
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Meredith Lake’s award-winning soul focus on history
Historian and radio presenter Dr Meredith Lake explains why, to move ahead, it often doesn’t hurt to have a look behind.
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Uniting Winter Appeal helps bring hope from the ashes
A fire robbed Felicity of her home, her health and her will to live. Five years on, she’s back on her feet and ‘in a really good place’ – literally and figuratively.
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Idil Ali talks poetic justice at Sacrededge
Idil Ali knows the struggles of the silent minority. She sees it and lives it every day. It’s why she speaks for those who struggle to be heard.
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Double Take: Joy Han and Jiny Lee
Joy Han and Jiny Lee talk about NYALC and worshipping at Cornerstone Ministry, a Korean Church in Melbourne.
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Tim Matton Johnson – first and foremost
Rev Tim Matton Johnson has retired after more than 30 years of ordained ministry during which he played a prominent leadership role in helping the Uniting Church live out a Covenant relationship between First and Second Peoples.