Today the Rev Antony Barraclough will have to tell locals that All Saints Petershams church planting venture has been a 'disaster.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - an insistence on corporal punishment or simply an call for appropriate discipline?

As an experiment I set up a Twitter account for my church, to send updates to whoever is interested.

"I used to be a brain surgeon, but I quit that to enter full-time ministry. It's so great I'm not wasting my life anymore..." Ever heard something like that? I have, usually from the mouth of a ministry trainee.

It has been suggested that Sydney Anglicans show little interest in matters affecting the Anglican Communion in North America, because it is so far removed from us. This should not be so.

Most Sydneysiders are happy for Christianity to be your code of choice. Just don't get fanatical about it. Don't say it should be the only game in town. Don't rubbish the other codes.

St Augustine's Neutral Bay made sure the premiere of Angels and Demons at Cremorne's Orpheum Theatre was a sellout.

One threat to growing an army of gospel workers is the professionalisation of ministry.