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Five things to click this week
New and interesting articles, videos, photographs and other content are posted online every day. Here are five recent items that might be of interest to the Uniting Church SA community.
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Can we love our enemies in a godless world?
The Drum, ABC
Dr John Dickson reflects on the words of Hugh Mackay at the Sydney Writers Festival earlier this month: “Jesus never told anyone what to believe in. He only spoke about how to treat each other.” John reflects on what Jesus actually said, and the importance of Christianity in informing ethics in our culture.
The Advertiser
The new No Dump Alliance advocacy group launched on Monday 16 May at Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide. Among the advocates, writers and union representatives present were several Uniting Church members, including Candace Champion. Candy shared her thoughts on the proposed nuclear waste dump in South Australia and how it would affect her family and community. This article features quotes from Candy and other speakers, in addition to further information on the No Dump Alliance.
Nicole Cliffe: How God messed up my happy atheist life
Christianity Today
Nicole Cliffe shares compellingly about her personal journey from atheist to Christian. Well worth a read! Thanks to Danica Patselis for sharing this on Facebook and inspiring us to include it here.
UnitingJustice
UnitingJustice, the justice unit of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia, has published a resource to help Uniting Church members to consider a number of important issues in the lead up to the July Federal Election. As well as including issue pages, the resource provides guidelines on a number of ways members can take action prior to the election.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art provides space for us to reflect on life and beauty – but how often do we take time out of our busy schedules to appreciate it? The Art Galley of South Australia has a wide variety of exhibitions coming soon, ranging from portraits to jewellery, explorations of time and of Indigenous culture, and much more.
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A UnitingCare Emergency Relief Centre was needed in the Port Adelaide-Enfield area of Adelaide. And that's when Lefevre UC and volunteers from Port Adelaide UC stepped up.
I very much like the idea of 'five things' and believe we could make a selection of these each month for our BCUC newsletter.