The pressure mounts on the St Peter's mission team as sickness, electronic gremlins and personal traumas trouble its various members.

While Christmas may not be a holy day for many people in our society, most people are happy to observe it as a holiday. And while few people know much about the meaning of Christmas, most still know some of the traditional songs of Christmas"”songs known as "carols".

Our Advent program is underway, but an unplanned mega-event has evolved before our very eyes.

"Christmas is our event and we need to milk it for Gods glory rather than passively accept the materialistic money spinner it has become," says the childrens minister at St Pauls, Menai, the Rev Stephen Shearsby. Here is how one Sydney Anglican minister and his church are creatively taking up that challenge.

This is not a Christian book "“ but it ought to be. This is Christianity with its sleeves rolled up.

Evil spirits. Demons. Ghosts. Magic. Satan. Do these words speak of a frightening spiritual reality? Or are they the silly remnants of a more superstitious age?

Colin Buchanan entertaining hundreds of children at St Andrews Cathedral today is just one example of revival at the cathedral according to one of its senior ministers.

This article is a public apology to Westfield Shopping Centres regarding my criticisms of their Christmas celebrations. Let me explain...