No need for Chinese whispers - CMS New South Wales' top executive has announced he will be relinquishing the position he has held for more than a decade to return to Hong Kong's mission field.

Archbishop Peter Jensen, chairman of Anglicare Sydney, has delivered a frank response to assertions the diocese's welfare arm is facing the prospect of service cuts as a result of a $3 million operational deficit.

In the past weeks the Rev Bernard Suwa has fielded calls from Sudanese Anglicans in western Sydney who have been verbally abused and physically assaulted in broad daylight.

The coexistence of predestination and freewill is a difficult concept and finds little expression in fiction, yet intriguingly it forms a key part of the drama and the thematic concerns of the sixth JK Rowling novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (HBP).

On the tough, broken streets of the inner city shines a beacon of hope. Stuart P. Robinson talks to the Rev John McIntyre, Rector of St Saviour's Redfern.

After years of operational deficits, Anglicare in Sydney needs parishes to put significant resources into good works partnerships, if the charity is to avoid either financial collapse or becoming just another Government service provider.

As matters stand with the Victorian legislation, introduced to promote religious harmony, we can say without fear of contradiction that the government has managed to set Muslim against Christian, Christian against Muslim, and even Christian against Christian. Is this what the government wants?

Sometimes the reason we might not be heard could be the offence of the gospel. Yet negativity and nit-picking arguments can also cause offence. Poor behaviour of Sydney Anglicans can result in lost votes.