Like all the most fervent Calvinists, I began my spiritual life with a profound hatred for the doctrines linked to his name.

Sydney Anglican churches have helped lead the way in providing gifts to 3,500 diadvantaged kids this Christmas via Anglicare's Toys 'n' Tucker campaign.

The achievements of Mary MacKillop are impressive but, argues Bishop Glenn Davies, the mechanism of canonisation runs counter to what the Bible says about the saints.

"I cannot celebrate Christmas with all the traditional rituals from my home that 'made' Christmas for me and my family."

One of the most disturbing aspects of the net filtering debate is watching the Sydney Morning Herald become nothing more than a cheer squad for the libertarian movement.

Most Christians find a degree of contradiction in the celebration of Christmas which at root reflects the profound contradiction between natural and revealed religion.

While Christmas is steadily becoming secularised, it is still a time when Christianity and the wider culture experience a temporary convergence.

What will you be reading in 2010? How do you choose your books?