As NSW ski resorts report the first heavy snowfalls of the season, one young skier says a single holiday in the snow was enough to change her life.

A Sydney Anglican school looks to have cemented its place as a breeding-ground for future missionaries to Asia.

The politician pushing a controversial amendment to the states Anti-Discrimination Act to cover religious vilification says he hopes to overturn the Premiers opposition to the change.

Crowds packed St Andrews Cathedral half an hour early as the bell began to peal in the belfry, such was the popularity of Canon Glennon who passed away on June 11.

Opponents of a proposed law that would limit religious comment are celebrating today following Premier Bob Carrs decision not to support the introduction of the legislation. Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Robert Forsyth, has welcomed the decision as a triumph of common sense that should be welcomed by all people who love freedom.

Wheelchairs Rule Ok - not just a slogan but a holiday haven that is part of a push to put camps back on the agenda for Sydney's youth. Anglican Youthworks is planning to double its holiday ministry by aiming for 1000 campers and 20 camps each year by 2012.

As one who used to dream of playing cricket for Australia and who still wishes he could play, it was disappointing to hear Ricky Pontings assurance that the Australian team would continue sledging its opponents. His promise that they would not attack or ridicule the person hardly justifies the practice.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams frivolously suggested mathematical arguments could make God disappear in a puff of logic. But an Oxford don is prepared to show Sydneysiders how probability formulas can prove Jesus was almost certainly his son.