Spirit Lounge

13 Dec 2015

Chanukah and Blue Christmas

Religion & Spirituality

Mark introduced us to Chanukah, the Jewish festival of light.

We spoke to Avril Hannah-Jones and Sandy Brodine about Blue Christmas services which provide space for people facing grief or sadness at this time of year. Blue Christmas services are held at various churches around Melbourne, including:

• Williamstown Uniting Church (Electra St) – Sunday 13 December at 7:30pm
• Banyule Network of Uniting Churches – Wednesday 23 December at 7:30pm

If you need to talk to someone, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or QLife (3pm-12am) on 1800 184 527.

Originally broadcast on Thursday 10 December 2015.

Join the conversation on our Facebook page!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:14 — 55.3MB)

11 Aug 2016

Best of the Spirit Lounge

Community, Religion & Spirituality

The Spirit Lounge is taking a break until November. For our final show before the break, Rachel, Claudine and Mark ...

23 Jul 2016

Anglicans and LGBTI inclusion

Religion & Spirituality

[caption id="attachment_1140" align="alignright" width="300"] Source: St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne[/caption] Craig D'Alton, vicar of St Mary's Anglican Church in North Melbourne, talks ...

18 Jul 2016

LGBTIQ education in Bangladesh

Community Outreach, Religion & Spirituality

Holy day of the week was Asalha Puja (Theravada Buddhism). News item 1: The Anglican Church of Canada narrowly approves same-sex ...