Why does a nine-year-old go to church twice on a Sunday? Was it to worship the Lord our God? Was it the sermons? The music? The liturgy? The people? 'Fraid not.

An op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal compels me to give five reasons why I say 'I won't' to rewriting the wedding vows in the Book of Common Prayer.

Christianity Today reported last week of 'How Tim Keller Found Manhattan'. It is easy to idealise a church overseas. But here are some reflections on Redeemer from my experience.

The team at The Chaser has been declaring war all over the place, and that is precisely their problem.

Shane Hipps says the Internet "creates a permanent puberty of the mind". The speed at which it delivers information limits our capacity to understand and hampers wisdom.

A friend of mine saw the Sydney Morning Herald article '500 women in secret affairs with priests'. He wondered if I'd ever thought of the clerical collar as a 'bird catcher'.

Actually I just started mine. But employment is not a given, and many who live and work in the city may not be sharing my sense of hope and newness.

Rugby League's latest scandal, set to see Matthew Johns in the spotlight on tonight's Four Corners, raises questions about mission, morality and motivation.

Hugh Jackman's revelation of the difficulties he and his wife have had adopting a baby highlights the silent suffering known by many in our churches.

Habbukuk and I have been friends since 1994, when I first got to know him and a few of his mates. He told me some fresh things this week about losing in crisis.

News out of America: there has been a discussion on whether the US is still a 'Christian country'. This takes me back to lessons from my taxi-driving days.

Defrocked episcopal priest, the Rev Ann Redding's description of herself as merely a 'Christ follower' jars with the message of Easter.

Newt Gingrich's decision to become Roman Catholic as Tony Blair has done raises questions about the appeal of Catholicism, especially for Protestants.

Marcus Einfeld has appeared to be asking the public for forgiveness, while saying: "I lied, but I'm basically honest". I believe that his story is the human story.