Linda Farrar is a pharmacy assistant in Campbelltown who thinks John Howard is about to make life harder for Christian mums.

A criminal gang is being blamed for a spate of violent robberies that have left Sydney parishes out of pocket and looking for answers.

Sydney’s Christian education expert Grant Maple says a plan to offer ethics lessons in public schools for students who do not attend scripture classes will undermine the role of Special Religious Education.

When Jarred Langmead went flying off his mountain bike onto his head, he lay on the ground unable to move or breathe. He thought he wouldn’t live to see his 18th birthday.

Letters to the Editor from the September 2005 edition of Southern Cross.

Newtown is a small church with big plans to reach a community apathetic towards Christians but keen on social justice.

The much-needed rain that fell during a recent week of mission at St Nicholas’, North Goulburn coincided with 3000 bottles of water donated by their fellow team members, St Mark’s, West Wollongong.

Jonathan Lilley, an Indigenous student at Moore College, has the hopes of a community on his shoulders, writes MADELEINE COLLINS.

A year of preparation paid off for a group of students from St Luke’s Grammar School in Dee Why on Sydney’s Northern Beaches who returned recently from a challenging three-week expedition to Africa.

News of mass killings in Khartoum in the wake of the tragic death of Sudan’s deputy President in a plane crash has further strengthened the resolve of Sydney’s Sudanese community as they recover from a spate of racist attacks.

Sydney Diocese’s Glebe Asset Management, the second-biggest ethical investment fund in Australia, has removed its ban on buying uranium mining shares after a three-month review, Director David Andrews said.

Thanks to the entrenchment of a ‘culture of reporting’, Sydney Anglican churches are now safer for children than they have ever been.

To the casual observer, it might seem like everything is stacked against the small church plant in St Peter’s, Shoalhaven Heads. A sizable proportion of locals are post-retirement, many live in caravan parks, there is no local high school and there is a beautiful beach nearby.

A popular computer game has been withdrawn from sale in Australia after a US grandmother discovered hidden sex scenes. Christians should remain concerned about the graphic adult themes in games targeted at young people, writes DAVID C SIMON.

Sydney Anglicans looked to the future in founding colleges at local universities, writes IAN WALKER.

Jeremy Halcrow investigates the extraordinary impact of Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven plans on Sydney Anglicans.

Stuart Crawshaw was reluctant to do youth ministry until all his mates left church for the pub scene.

The Millennials are our next big test. They will challenge boomer clergy who do not have the training, experience or interest in any style other than contemporary services. But will we show the same capacity to reflect on our culture and contextualise our ministry for them as we did for the boomers?

A leaders-only Bible study can have drawbacks, but the benefits of nurture and support outweighs the costs.

Caring for others is a mark of authentic Christian activity and is strengthened by a priority on evangelism says ARCHBISHOP PETER JENSEN.

Writer Roald Dahl was well aware that children could be rotten. And there are few kids as deliciously rotten as the quartet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Now I don’t mind Spong inventing a new religion. But I do wish he would stop trying to use the word ‘Christian’ for it. Surely someone from Consumer Affairs ought to do something about that.

The book abounds with insights and startling conclusions. Saul was converted within a year of Jesus’ crucifixion. The preaching that Jesus is “Christ,” “Lord” and “Son” was formulated during that year.