Opinion

"Offering"’ means to most Christians, "the collection". Gifts of money during public worship. These vary between a tithe and a tip. The amount isn’t a true measure. A widow at the Temple giving all, and Dives, the rich man in hell, are part of the reckoning. Suburban churches have changed. Sunday morning choir and Sunday evening worship – these have ...

As an Aboriginal child growing up in Western Queensland we were never taught what racism was but I remember occasions. When I was 9 or 10 some of the kids in our school used to call us names and I would get angry and chase them. I didn’t know what was happening except that it was offensive because we didn’t ...

I was born into a non-Christian family in Sudan but my father taught me during my childhood that there is only one God in heaven. He told me, “Don’t believe anything on the earth except ‘God in heaven'(kuoth nhual inNuer).” It has been a privilege to experience racism because, as a devoted Christian, it has strengthened my own daily life ...

Introduction Contentious issues arising from Assembly Resolution 84 are not confined to biblical, theological and ethical domains. The UCA publication – Sexuality and Leadership in the Uniting Church – contains a range of thoughtful searching material which should not be minimized or downplayed. However, I am aware of a dimension to the debate which, so far as I can tell, ...

Fakatapu moe talamalu ‘oe Fonua mo Ha’a – Taki Lotu kau hūfanga atu ai. ‘Ihe tau 1999 neu ausia ai ha Ūi pea fai mai leva ‘e fononga ‘ihe ngaahi founga ‘oku tu’utu’uni ke fou ai ‘e kau ‘Ako-Faifekau kotoa pe ‘ihe UCA aia ‘oku ui koe Period of Discernment ‘ihe tau ‘e taha – koe tefito’i fakakaukau ke fakapapau’i ...