A relative of mine asked me the other day how and when do you start building those family habits that support you in training up a child in 'the way he or she should go'.

The Rev Mark Charleston from St Andrew's Cathedral has made available the following prayers for use over this ANZAC weekend:

It is telling that none of the so-called Instruments of Communion have been involved in the formation of the new Anglican province in North America.

Music critics are falling over themselves to praise Lilly Allen's second album, It's Not Me, It's You.

Too often a youth group is seen as an essential for raising Christian kids. Plenty of people have 'big youth group' as top of their list for choosing a church. Others leave a good church to find a better youth group. This is putting the cart before the horse.

Former Premier Bob Carr says both New South Wales and Australia risk having a charter of rights that will curb religious freedom unless churches and other groups stand up and express their views.

I hate the term 'asylum seeker'. In the 1970s, asylum seekers were smart-suited Soviet spies walking off planes at Heathrow and pampered Eastern bloc athletes and ballerinas going AWOL in America.

When I gather for church, it's different. I need to understand what I'm hearing. I haven't gathered for a mere emotional experience. I've gathered to engage with God in the fellowship of others. We're there to meet God in his word. So, we need to understand the meaning of every utterance.