With one-quarter of Australian men reported to be working 55 hours or more per week, and family time under increasing pressure, it would seem the humble Saturday is becoming more and more precious. Mens Katoomba Convention numbers have plateaued in recent years. And yet, over the weekend that has just been and the weekend to come, over 4000 men will spend their Saturdays at this years MKC. Are conventions becoming extinct or evolving as a means of reaching men?

Retired Sydney bishop Ken Short says the strength of the vote to break with the Anglican Church in Canada by the Vancouver congregation led by his son, the Rev David Short (pictured), will encourage other congregations considering a similar move.

A Sydney producer says angels are behind the success of a Broadway-bound musical that has received stunning support both here and overseas.

Archbishop Peter Jensen has begun meeting small groups of rectors from across Sydney to discuss and plan for Connect 09.

As they prepare for their March wedding, Chris Holding and Melinda McKane are also part of a boom of Youthworks College graduates going into parish ministry.

Each month Christianity.net.au assembles a free feature for Christian workers tackling the tough questions. This month it's sex - the site's best answers to real questions submitted by real people.

An on-campus Christian group has been banned from making direct contact with students during O-week in an unprecedented move by the student representative council.

Archbishop Jensen has recently decided not to take his Sydney bishops to the Archbishop of Canterburys forthcoming conference in Lambeth, London. Do the grounds for the boycott"”in this case, differing views over the place of homosexuality in our fellowship"”mean that conservative Christians and Anglicans are 'homophobic? Are they obsessed with sex? Has the Anglican church now split?