At Richmond Uniting Church we stand in solidarity with all those who seek to care for the earth. This is because we understand the earth as the Divine's good creation. This is not some simplistic literalist understanding of the earth being made in 6 days. The biblical text makes it clear that creation stories are not meant to be understood literally,...

St Francis is a guy who I would love to have a long, simple, lunch with. He went from riches to rags, by choice. When he experienced Christ speaking to him Francis’ listened and followed and chose to live in a radically new way. Much to his family’s consternation he rejected his wealth and status, started caring for lepers and called followers of...