In what will be a significant step forward for mission in the Diocese of Sydney, Synod has begun debating a far more flexible model for starting new churches.

Kanishka Raffel challenged us to see Christ at work by growing his gospel in and among his people - even those in Synod!

I'm very pleased to have had my fears about lack of church attendance growth in Sydney Diocese allayed.

Who knew that anthropology (what it means to be human) could be so interesting, relevant, and vital for mission?

Any doubt lay Anglicans strongly support Archbishop Jensens passionate opposition to ethics lessons as an alternative to SRE, were buried on the floor of Synod last night.

Archbishop Jensen revealed to Synod that church attendance could have grown by as much as 5 percent during 2009, thanks to the Connect09 program.

When I was in high school, 3.15pm marked the end of the day; at Synod it marks the start. And what a great start it was.

Over these past few days I've had three independent reminders of the significance of gap years, including Archbishop Jensen's presidential address last night.