This was my book recommendation for summer reading, but as I started reading it I regretted mentioning it. I have never read a book so explicit.

There were smiles all round for the 57 candidates attending their pre-ordination conference this week but one smile was wider than most.

More than 200,000 primary school kids from Sydney public schools are estimated to resume protestant Scripture classes in their schools this week.

Jesus was certainly right when he said that it is more blessed to give than to receive.

As we stood in front of the rubber gloves in the supermarket of a sleepy town we knew we had achieved what we wanted from this holiday – the 'chill' factor!

The Dean of Sydney has told holiday crowds that Christians have become confused between emotionalism and rationalism and unable to think out the place of emotions in the christian life.

A comment on Richard Glover's ABC local radio program captured for me what's been happening to Tony Abbott this week: there is a dangerous anti-Christian sectarianism in Australia.

Last week, on this website, Mark Gilbert wrote a helpful article on how to talk to our Roman Catholic friends about this miracle. But what are we to make of it ourselves?