What if we Christians were counter-cultural and really celebrated Easter? What if we put more energy into it than Christmas? What if we had a great family celebration and gave out Easter presents!

The leak of Kevin Rudd's outburst over an inflight meal on a Defence force jet shows the war between the Department and its political leaders could be just beginning.

I've been specifically thinking just how multi-cultural our city of Sydney has truly become. If you happen to work in the CBD like myself, that multiculturalism here has an unmistakably Asian flavour – Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Thai, Malaysian – and I'm not even starting to talk about the food…

The 'What Would Jesus Do?' wrist bands have puzzled me for some time. Found in the 'Christian trinkets' section of your favourite Christian resource store, the wristband range has grown into a variety of other products: WWJD toy trucks, pencil cases, key rings, sweatbands and mobile phone straps.

The Bible says God made an appearance in an obscure Roman province. Historian John Dickson explores this daring claim.

Rana Dasgupta's novel Solo demonstrates that the cruelty of humans to each other at every level is impossible to ignore - in India, Bulgaria and Australia.

Jesus life will be the main attraction on Channel 7 this Good Friday lunchtime as the Network screens a documentary following on from the highly successful Christ Files.

Join Archbishop Peter Jensen in a weekly online Bible Study series on The Essential Jesus (the gospel of Luke).