Close friends of asylum seeker Amir Mesrinejad have cautiously welcomed the federal cabinets decision to re-examine rules associated with the immigration and detention system.

Why do so many Sydney Anglican ministers find it difficult to encourage their members to share their faith, let alone attend church every week? The answer to this question "“ which cuts to the heart of our Mission "“ is complex.

The belief in the resurrection of Jesus is by no means peripheral to Christianity; it is at its core. But, as the saying goes, familiarity often breeds contempt. Are we really saying that a man rose from the grave, i.e. that a dead man, a corpse, came out of the grave? And, if we are saying that, what does that event really mean? It may be amazing, and it certainly is unique, but does it have any real cash-value for life at the end of the twenty-first century?

Christian asylum seeker Amir Mesrinejad says his spirits have received a welcome lift from news the Prime Minister is examining plans to release long-term detainees.

If students are just out of college, theyre boring. If youre not boring just out of college, you didnt learn enough in college. Its when youre five years out and youre still boring that youve got a problem.

The place of 'altar calls' has exercised my mind in recent weeks. Shall I play it safe and 'work the cards', or should I step out and ask them to step out too?

Two intellectual giants are marshalling their arguments for a knock-down battle at Sydney's University of Technology this Easter.

Sydney Anglicans will have the opportunity to have Archbishop Peter Jensen take part in their Easter celebrations this year with the internet release of his media statement these holidays.