Britains most notorious boss David Brent struck a familiar chord with audiences in recent TV hit The Office, but bad management is also a reality in many churches, according to the national director of Christian Management Australia (CMA) Gary Williams.

Teenage dating is an issue so fraught with difficulty, says Centennial Park rector the Rev Warwick de Jersey, that parents had better be clear on whats worth saying and whats not.

Sometimes being in an organisation while holding strong views can be uncomfortable. At the end of a Moore College lecture on womens ordination I caught up with a fellow student outside. "I wanted to ask a question," she said, "but my husband is a Sydney candidate". For her, holding strong opinions was definitely uncomfortable at that time.

The main purpose of this briefing is to bring to your attention a new Private Members Bill, which may result in a more just and compassionate treatment of each immigration detainee. The briefing will also summarise some other recent news in relation to immigration detention.

A beachside Sydney parish is receiving an injection of new life thats one part Asian and one part academic.

St Marks, Picton may not have all the creature comforts but believers are thirsty for growth.

Many people dont bother with locks. Recently I spoke to a friend who, with his wife was travelling next day to Indonesia on behalf of a missionary society. When I said, "Lock your case," he answered, "I wont bother, I never do." That is the confidence of someone who has made the same trip many times before, as well as perhaps a certainty that no one will find anything to steal in the average clergymans suitcase.

Finding a church near you is now no harder than using your mouse, thanks to the advent of a new 'Church Search tool released by the National Church Life Survey.