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Birthday bash to light up Ashfield

St Johns, Ashfield is preparing to light up its suburb for its 165th birthday bash with plans to launch a new era in the life of the parish.

Hot breakfasts for the cold-conscious

Sydney Anglican teenagers from the Northern Beaches who wanted to 'do something positive' for the citys homeless have combined a mid-winter sleep-out with a charity breakfast.

The Men who stare at Goats

After The Da Vinci Code I have learnt not to trust books that begin by saying that "this is a true story." It is pretty much an admission by the author that what is contained within the covers of the work is, well, unbelievable. It has a plausibility problem. But the more bizarre elements of Jon Ronsons The Men Who Stare At Goats are anchored in a disturbing reality that we know to be the truth. The shocking images from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were too weird, too perfectly calculated to do psycho-sexual and cultural damage, to be merely a case of a couple of bored, barely literate prison guards having a lark.

Too high ho Silver!

News that a racing horse has tested positive for cocaine has a Sydney Anglican involved in the citys racing scene calling for immediate intervention.

Cobb follows call to cathedral

A highly awarded British musician will be trading the sites of Bristol for the Bridge as he heads Down Under to take up the Cathedral's top musical position.

40 Days to move Mountains

In the nearly quarter of century that Neil Emerson has been rector of Holy Trinity, Wentworth Falls, he has seen nothing like it.

DIY no longer the answer for PTC - Ken Noakes

There are opportunities arising all over the place but we struggle to find the people to support the existing ministries we have running. How are we to multiply congregations and multiply people?

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