Colleagues farewelled Deaconess Margaret Rodgers yesterday as she retires after a career of almost 40 years in the Sydney Diocese.

One of SydAngs favourite motor mission bloggers has 'passed the keyboard to a group of fellow writers as his churchs mission team heads over to India for ten days.

The subtitle to this adaptation of an ABC Compass series titled The Quiet Revolution is 'The Emergence of Interfaith Consciousness.

Those who may remember Nat and Julian from the amazing Motormission will be interested to know that at least half the due has hit the sub-continent again, but this time with a Sydney Anglican team in tow...

Why was an expression of regret so inadequate for many indigenous people? What makes it seem imperative for them to hear the word 'sorry? What is so important about this word? In this extended briefing, we will try to understand why it seems so important for 'sorry to be heard from the lips of the nations leader, and we will consider the sticking-points against saying it. We will confine our attention to the issue of the Stolen Generation, although some of what follows may apply to other ways in which white colonials harmed indigenous people.

Noel Clarke, CMS missionary with his wife Margo in Nairobi, answers our questions to give us his insights into what Christmas in Kenya will be like.

It's not just in politics that generational change is essential. In our churches we must constantly work to raise up the next generation

As Sydneysiders stop to celebrate on December 25, daily life will roll on in many Asian countries, where Christmas has a low profile. Christians make up only about 1 per cent of the population of countries like Japan and Cambodia. Yet some of our Sydney missionaries say they would rather spend Christmas there, than in their hype-ridden hometown. What will Christmas be like away from our shores this year? We spoke to three CMS missionaries in Asia to find out.