Whats better than one urban mission? Four, of course! This is the answer that the nine churches in the Salt Pan Creek Area Deanery in Sydneys South-West have come to.

Sydney teenager Ruth Monsted says shes found that elusive 'x-factor in Jesus, thanks to the efforts of her Eastwood youth group and this years KYCKSTART conference.

Socrates was famously executed in Athens for "corrupting the youth" of the city. In 1989, when I was in my first year of Arts at Sydney University I was ripe for corruption. So I signed up for Philosophy 1.

"Consuming Fire" was the theme of the Soul Survivor Youth Festival held at St Ives Showground which saw 500 hearts set burning to serve.

This ANZAC Day, Australians will remember those who fell at Gallipoli 90 years ago and the ultimate sacrifice they made for their nation. Yet a Chaplain to War Veterans has called for the government and the nation to remember the often forgotten soldiers who served in the Vietnam War.

Scholars might want to argue with Tolkien about his specific understanding of the term 'allegory"but its certain that we cant talk about precise correspondences between characters and events in LOTR and in the Christian story as set out in the Bible. But we can consider some ways in which we may find our reading of LOTR enriched by certain resonances with the Bible, especially in relation to the biblical world view.

Five Dock Anglicans hope to double their congregation on the eve of ANZAC Day as the local community gathers to remember the fallen.

Grisham has been described as a writer of 'good solid commercial fiction and his latest offering, 'The Broker is no exception. Good, solid commercial fiction this may be; but how many times must we tread the path of political espionage, CIA conspiracy, government power plays and the guy caught in the middle running for his life?