I learnt about play from Pat Kanes book The Play Ethic "“ A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living. This sprawling website of a book is perhaps a little less fun to read than it ought to be and could be half as long. It swings between groovy journalist chat and would-be academic prose. However, it contains a real and profound challenge to the way we live life in the west.

According to the Japanese Consulate, Sydney is home to approximately 18,000 Japanese people. An additional 3,000 Japanese study here in Sydney, with a further 4,000 Japanese youths making use of the Working Holiday Program. Still more, roughly 660,000 Japanese tourists come to Australia every year, most of whom visit Sydney.

Had a coffee with Al this week. He was wearing an F.B.I. sports shirt. A real one. Al has worked in intelligence and policing for many years and has moved with his family to Sydney. Al tells me hes an atheist. He comes to church not only because his wife and children encourage him to, but because of the "little things"¦"

Sydney Anglican Cheryl Mayes is not one for sitting on her hands "“ when she heard Bangkok-based missionary Andrew Dircks was struggling to cope with his tsunami workload, she booked a flight for Thailand.

Sydney Anglican teenager, Rachel Le Couteur will fulfill a lifes ambition when she flies out to South Africa today [Thursday Jan 27] to help AIDS orphans.

Margaret Fuller says shes only doing ordinary, everyday work "“ but her humble service has singled her out for national recognition.

Christian satellite broadcaster SAT-7 is responding to the escalating tsunami disaster by enlisting Arab nations to pray for victims.

Sudanese refugees in Sydney joyously welcomed the peace agreement signed between the Khartoum government and the southern rebels with up to 1,500 people attending a peace celebration at Parramatta Park last weekend.