Join Archbishop Peter Jensen in a weekly online Bible Study series on The Essential Jesus (the gospel of Luke).

Reading through the 1400 responses to the Southern Cross survey over the past few weeks, one comment stood out: '80% of the newspaper is padding... jettison Halcrow'.

Names and labels are very useful in communication when there is agreement about their meaning. Unfortunately they run the danger of becoming part of political power struggles.

No matter how much I want to hide from pain or to pretend I can have a trouble free life, the reality is I live in a fallen world.

In many parts of the world churches have moved on from attempting church planting to developing church planting movements.

This week, themed holiday kids clubs are drawing bumper crowds of children and families to churches around Sydney

We all know it but it bears repeating - kids don't do well when their parents fight.

When I proposed to my girlfriend several weeks ago, I chose to ask her that important question in person...