Roundup: Sport, mining agreement boycott, gay marriage, diversity, Pentecost message

Traditional owners cry foul on deal

Four Aboriginal clan groups will boycott the signing of a mining agreement in Arnhem Land that is to be attended by the prime minister.

Would God approve of gay marriage?

Is it time to move forward in the 21st century and make marriage between “a man and a man” or “a woman and a woman” legal?

New Regional Director for UnitingCare Ageing

UnitingCare Ageing has appointed Bradley Williams to the position of Regional Director for the Sydney Region.

Diversity works in mysterious ways

Methodists behaving conservatively.

Challenge injustice and violence to find unity

Wealth and property shape a “false reading” of human value, World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said recently at a Protestant convention in Germany.

Message of the WCC presidents at Pentecost 2011

The eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, in their annual Pentecost message, write that this holy day “offers a new opportunity to each church community and to each of us” to celebrate “the advent and gift of the Holy Spirit, to renew our trust in the Spirit’s power.”

Reverence for the game

A roundup of books and articles on sports.