Is connecting with the local community in January too hard? As the sun rises on 2009, Figtree Anglican Churchs evangelism minister, Stuart Starr admits running anything in the holiday month has its challenges.

Bishop Al Stewart has said churches should rethink their plans for the year in order to take advantage of untapped connecting opportunities in January

Parents should take care reading a book like this. This insight into disability is deceptively easy digest, but the work these God-given stories carry out is nothing short of profound.

ARVs CEO Ken Barber has expressed concerns for the future of the aged care sector after ARV decided not to apply for the latest round of Government nursing home licences.

Last year while Christmas shopping I frequently found myself in bookshops or in the book sections of various stores and wherever I went I saw the same book, with the same smiling face on the cover.

The absence of certainty in life is explored with subtle intelligence and complexity by Director John Patrick Shanley in the screen adaptation of his successful Broadway play Doubt.

In an unusual move, Wendy and Graham Toulmin have been jointly awarded the Member of the Order of Australia, for over 20 years of service to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

After a year of information about Connect09, people now get it. What we need in 2009 are the resources to help people do it - beginning with a weekly Bible study connecting us with the Essential Jesus.