Dr John Best, who spent six years in the Wallabies' inner sanctum, told GEOFF ROBSON the 2003 Rugby World Cup is a time of opportunity for sports ministry in Australia.

I am strongly of the opinion that fashion has gone too far in its efforts to bring young moneyed buyers into the orbit of designer labels. Though Southern Cross has never indulged in a Fashion Page I think it’s time for us to carry at least one column of comment about the world of fashion and in particular, fashion advertising.

How do we evangelise when the reputation of the Church is in disarray and the Bible’s message is dismissed as irrelevant?

Rico Tice says it can take 18 months of prayer and hard work, if not more, to even get a non-Christian friend to the ‘starting line' for one church event.

Rico Tice has a passion for rugby and Jesus Christ. Together these twin loves led him to develop a new course which helps make evangelism easy for the average Christian, discovered JEREMY HALCROW.

KIM HAWTREY asks, If you were to come face to face with God, what would you say? And more to the point, what do you expect he would say to you?

Have you noticed that ‘the Diocese' is always somebody else? It is ‘them'. I have never found anybody who will admit they are ‘the Diocese'.

Sydney's inner west has a new parish that extends the length and breadth of cosmopolitan Darling Street. The new parish, aptly named Darling Street, combines the old parishes of St Mary's, Balmain and Rozelle Lilyfield, and officially came into being earlier this year.