Ill tell you a secret: I love reading books I can pick up and read from any point. Truth or Dare, an anthology in which 11 well-known writers share some of their personal secrets, is such a book. Incidentally so is the Bible.

Christian students at the University of Sydneys Cumberland campus have been forced to contact new students at bus stops because of new restrictions placed on the Evangelical Christian Union (ECU).

News that three people recently came to Christ may not sound earth-shattering. However this trio live in a major Middle Eastern city, and were converted after attending a course written by a Sydney Anglican minister.

A coalition of religious groups calling for a rethink Australias approach to abortion, believes Government could dramatically slash abortion numbers just through better education and support services for women.

John Carroll, professor of sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, is not afraid of big ideas. His 2004 book The Wreck of Western Culture "“ a substantial reworking of a 1993 effort "“ is a passionate, daring and sustained attack on the bloodlines of what we call "the West." He calls his book "a spiritual history of the West." He writes with a refreshing polemical zeal and with none of the hedging and over-qualifying so characteristic of academic prose.

The response to the appeals for victims of the Boxing Day tsunami has been overwhelming. Many people usually donate generously after disasters but the response on this occasion has covered the length and breadth of the community. Now the question is going to be, 'Are we in it for the long haul?

Members of the western Sydneys Bird Yard Big Band have poured their art and soul into an Anglican fundraising event for the victims of the recent tsunami.

Bishop Robert Forsyth will use a national radio platform to chide the government for plans to promote a mythic multi-faith religion.