The Harry Potter series has two enduring interests: the battle between good and evil, and the education of young Harry. What is going to happen, and what sort of person will Harry be at the end of it all? In the second-last book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, matters develop satisfyingly in both areas, and leave us ready and anxious for the final volume in which, it is assumed and had better be the case, All Will Be Revealed.

Union and church leaders agree. Australian Christians must fight to stop the Federal Government from making Sunday - our 'day of rest - a thing of the past.

Jan Rees is a poet and an associate minister at St Augustine's, Neutral Bay. The following verses are her reflections on the devastating terrorist attacks on the city of London over the past weeks. In it she poses the crucial question, what has become of the Christian distinctiveness in a world rent by innocent deaths?

Its easy to throw stones at ministries that are different to our own. In Sydney we have our traditional parish churches and newer "affinity" focused churches which gather people engaged in similar activities, who are usually more mobile so that the church draws from a wider region.

Snowbucks Café has proved to be a major drawcard for parents bringing kids to the HAWK holiday club at St Marks, Thornleigh-Pennant Hills.

Anglicare, the welfare arm of the Sydney Diocese, has announced major changes to its division responsible for a wide range of church-focused services.

On paper, Anglicare is marginal to the Dioceses main game of church planting. JEREMY HALCROW investigates the implications.

Its a long way from the town of Cheng Du to Sydney, but the journey has been the most important one of Wendy Wengs life.