When I tell people Im headed to Summer School this January, they tend to look at me with a little confusion. I guess its understandable "“ I graduated from university back in July. Plus, they know me too well to think Id spend the sunny season cooped up in classes.

I am glad that the good old fashioned 'Giving your testimony kind of talk has died out. I became a believer back in the late 1950's! My question is, "Why are you still a Christian?"

I re-read the recommendations on the back of the book for the twentieth time, wondering whether I had read something quite different by accident...

Mission amongst Muslim peoples is one of five strategic areas of ministry that CMS Australia is emphasising in Vision 2012. This Vision outlines the blueprint for how CMS will do mission over the next five years. As thousands gather for CMS Summer School in Katoomba this week, CMS Federal Secretary John Thew is highlighting the importance of mission in Muslim areas and hoping to see CMS have at least 65 workers in the Muslim world by 2012 "“ an increase of 50 within the next four years.

As the financial crisis deepens, Sydney Anglican organisations are working to cut costs.

In the quiet Austrian town of Amstetten in the balmy spring of April 2008, a truly horrifying vision of hell was discovered by police in the cellar of a normal suburban home.

Penny Reeve worked for TEAR in Nepal for 5 years with her husband. She has now written two childrens books - 'The Back Leg of a Goat' and 'Water or Goo'.

This summer Crusaders are supplementing their traditional 'offline methods of reaching students with the gospel with a new 'online strategy.