Christians are watering down the true scandal of Jesus crucifixion.

Rome, the centre of the civilised world for the better part of half a millennia, and the one place I love and loathe to visit.

Almost every survey of a churchs vitality has "the sense of community" as a measurement criterion. But do we understand the best way of generating that belief that we belong?

As Sydney churches prepare for their Easter services, could they be in danger of watering down the unpopular message of the cross? What should congregations be hearing over the Easter weekend? Discuss this issue with the Rev Sandy Grant on our forum this week.

Whereas colonial slaves were treated as a valuable investment, like an ox, the treatment of these modern slaves is even more demeaning. There is a worldwide glut of displaced people, and modern people-trafficking is cheap. Legal slavery may have been abolished, but we now face an era of 'disposable people.

Archbishop Peter Jensen will consecrate the Rev Alan Stewart as Bishop of Wollongong tonight.

Members of Greystanes-Merrylands West are putting their joggers on for the annual Walk4Bibles this Saturday.

The parish of Shellharbour is celebrating 150 years of local Christian ministry this week.