Well, we have all made it safely back to Australia after our month in Fiji, and its been a bit of a rollercoaster ride since then. This mission trip was my first time overseas, and I really loved it.

As climate change crunch time happens this week in Canberra, it still puzzles me that governments from all sides have dragged the chain on almost every aspect of encouraging renewable energy.

I regularly receive in the mail a brochure outlining the vast array of course options in my local community training college: everything from Photoshop to belly dancing. But I don't recall seeing a course about Christianity.

Training for yesterdays City2Surf has started what could be a Connect09 tradition for one suburban parish.

Man-Booker prize winner The White Tiger has become a publishing phenomenon around the world, and made a celebrity of its author, Aravind Adiga.

It's been a tough month for some Sydney families, who have experienced shocking heartache. Like many others, I had some contact with three particular tragedies.

I am speaking at a conference in Adelaide on what has become more and more a controversial world-wide question.

District 9 demonstrates that producers and viewers continue to express faith in a set of values that are truly universal, which is helpful for Christians who believe in a single creator.