This book will challenge your thinking of what it means to meet with the local church. It is a work book that will guide you to establish goals and determine how to build bridges with the local community.

I recently spent a week on holiday with some friends in a small house across the Umzimvubu River from the little town of Port St Johns. It was an incredible place: the quickest way into town was a walk along the beach to the rivers mouth, then a quick ferry ride across the river into town.

Since my last article on Facebook, theres been psycho cyber-stalkers, privacy issues, identity fraud. But the verdicts in: Facebook works - if you work it.

When the Rugby World Cup kicks off on September 7 Australians across the country will enter a six-week long Rugby frenzy and at least one Sydney Anglican Church is taking notice.

We guess APEC does not top your list of interesting topics. Some people are annoyed at the disruption to life in Sydney. Most will just stay well away and enjoy the public holiday. But perhaps the following two opposing opinions will help you glimpse the great issues at stake:

As the Rugby World Cup (RWC) kicks off in France, we are republishing our interview with Dr John Best, who spent six years in the Wallabies inner sanctum. He says churches need to run with the ministry opportunities kicked off by the RWC.

There is something about Kevin Rudds ascendancy to the Labor leadership that resembles that famous scene from David Leans epic movie, Lawrence of Arabia.

As the mixture of politics and religion comes to the fore in the lead-up to the Federal election, the biography of a faithful politician is awarded this years Christian Book of the Year.