Last month I suggested that we should assume that every crowd contains a mixture of both Christians and non Christians, and that we should therefore address the audience accordingly. What this means is that instead of speaking 'evangelistic talks to non Christians, and 'edification talks to Christians, we should do talks that aim to achieve both nurture and mission, at the same time.

The good Lord has definitely been with us this week. After a close call - almost signing up with a militant Hindu group masquerading as an aid organisation - we hit the road to Kashmir. It was a 2-3 day ride that turned into a 5 day epic. Our contact in Shrinagar (capital of Kashmir) was a brother known as 'Titus'.

Two years into their marriage Emma and Andrew Crauford realized they were both working too hard. What was left at the end of each week was two very tired, grumpy people who had nothing left to give each other.

68-year-old grandmother of six Margaret Donohoo will be gearing up to play her part as an Anglicare team leader in NSWs co-ordinated bushfire response, Exercise Hotspot, this week.

In recent days there seems to be a rising tide of opinion, perhaps whipped into a strong surf by the Australian media, that 'Church and 'State need to be kept separate. The 'Left have been alarmed at yet another conservative victory in the recent federal election, which was aided and abetted, apparently, by 'the Religious Right rearing its head in Australian politics. Perhaps with the Hollingworth debacle fresh in mind, the public seem ready to be persuaded. In a move uncharacteristic of the 'Left, a leaf is pulled from the history of the US of A, and the call is becoming increasingly shrill that 'the Church should keep out of 'the State, as, it seems to be assumed, has been the case previously.

First year university student Kieran Drabsch, a self confessed 'non-handyman says he jumped at the chance to serve the Mt Druitt Indigenous Church by donning a pair of gloves and picking up a shovel.

Sydney Anglicans Vaughan and Caroline Olliffe were forced to flee their home with only what they were wearing after the near collapse of their Lane Cove unit block yesterday.

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