When I was asked some time ago to present this years Parliamentary Reflection on personal faith and public life I must admit, in the great tradition of St Thomas, to having great doubts about doing so.

One man's face has come to symbolise Jesus' love to hundreds struggling in Surry Hills.

Ever since David Hume proclaimed that "no human testimony can have such force as to prove a miracle and make it a just foundation for any such system of religion", the subject of miraculous events has been of fascination to philosophers.

Those zany Christians in Forestville are at in again, evangelising motorists through their 24-hour drive-thru church.

Among the dusty mining towns and pearl divers of Australias far-flung North West coastline, there is a bishop waiting for the phone to ring.

I have noticed that like most of Sydney, churches move into holiday mode in January. November is very busy as we put the final touches on the program for next year, and December is filled with events that wind up the year and as Christmas approaches opportunities for public evangelism are taken.

The Rector of Norfolk Island is urging his community to turn back to God after two brutal killings.

The results of thirteen years of study will be delivered to more than sixty-six thousand Higher School Certificate students beginning this morning "“ but Mark North is one student who wont be hanging on the telephone.