Like most recent Booker winners, The Gathering is not feel-good fiction. Enright, herself, admits that "when people pick up a book they may want something that will cheer them up, in that case they shouldnt really pick up my book".

One man shares his story of overcoming homosexual feelings and behaviour with the assistance of other Christians.

Archbishop Peter Jensen has asked whether Sydney has the "spiritual and moral resources" to care for others through the possibly difficult times ahead, pointing to a growing imperative for Sydney Anglicans to connect effectively with their communities.

The leader of Australias evangelical student organisation has taken on a strategic international role.

2008 is already shaping up as a year of new initiatives for Georges River Region.

Ministry, doctrine and dodging the odd cricket ball might sound heavy going for an 81-year-old, but for Paul Mahaffey, they have been part of everyday life for the past two years.

For the past five years Deb Chen has been a vital conduit through which many producers and services have made themselves known to the Sydney Anglican community and the Christian world - but from December 5 she will be marketing the gospel in Thailand.

It may be that the "prosperity gospel" is waning among our Pentecostal brothers and sisters but what about the unofficial Sydney Anglican prosperity doctrine...