Earlier this year, as the advance publicity about The Passion of the Christ gathered like a storm, the staff team in our church wondered how we should respond. We tried to think of a book that we could give to people in our church, which would prepare them for the questions that people might ask. We also wanted to find a book that Christians could give to their enquiring friends.

I think I will scream the next time I hear someone say ‘times are hard' with respect to many of our churches' ability to raise finances. We have never had it so good! There has never been a better time to raise finances for ministry!

Lay Presidency, called Lay Administration in Sydney Diocese in recent years, has been a matter of debate in the diocese for some thirty years at least. The Synod seems to be moving towards some finality on whether or not – and no seems highly unlikely – it will become legislated practice in the Diocese.

Book review of Kingdom Come: Daily Bible Notes on Matthew 1-7 by David Starling, Al Stewart & Ed Vaughan KCC Ltd.

Anglicare says Sydney's single parent families are at high risk of enduring hunger this winter because new research has shown government benefits are inadequate.

What would Jesus say to David Beckham? “People think David Beckham has most likely found happiness,” said Jonathan Dykes in a recent Bible Means Business (BMB) lunchtime talk at the Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney.

St Paul's, Castle Hill has much to celebrate this year as it looks back over the two decades since its move to the current site on Old Northern Road. The Rev John Brook, who was the rector at the time of the move, returned to St Paul's with his wife Joan on May 2 for a day of celebration to mark the occasion.

Stuart P. Robinson interviews the Right Rev Trevor Edwards, Rector, St Matthew's Wanniassa and Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.