I do not know who named him Colin, but personalising him only increased the pathos of the baby whale in Pittwater. Separated from its mother the calf could not be persuaded to go into the open sea, nor could humans provide for it inside Pittwater. Each day brought starvation closer.

Michael Phelps' record-making 8 gold medal haul in the pool. Usain Bolt's blistering two world records in the 100m and 200m. I was there. To see the glory of man.

Glen A Gerreyn's book Hope is a book written to motivate and empower people to "succeed" in life.

After running Build "“ Jakarta's first ever KYLC-style conference "“ earlier this year, Unichurch's Indonesian ministry is bringing students out of nominalism.

We can be very glad that this society does not support abandoning people with disabilities to street begging, or killing off the elderly and frail, or allowing the very ill to expire alone in some corner. But the problem with this fine sentiment is what we fail to see. In some ways our society does allow these practices to occur, and when they dont occur it is precisely because there are carers who care.

Pastor Mark Driscoll has just had three weeks holiday with his family in Sydney, and he's ready to spend another two weeks speaking to a city of extremes.

Anglican churches around Sydney are following up new contacts after an intense week of Start the Ultimate Relationship mission.

Sydney-based Youth ministry The RICE Movement is growing from strength to strength and last Saturdays RICEfest was no exception.