With Hurricane Katrina fast approaching, holidaying Sydney Anglican Emma Hardwick was bundled into the back of emergency transport and pointed in the direction of the Louisiana Superdome. She had no idea of the hellish conditions she would have to endure for the next five days.

Even before the Diocesan Mission began in 2002, Toongabbie Anglican Church (TAC) has been looking for a way forward - but now is not the time, and this is not the place.

As Nicole Macbeth heads off on the study break that will end in this year's HSC exams, she marvels at what God has done with the 'shy year eight girl' who began her Christian journey four years ago.

Diego de la Vega, the boy who came to be known by his alter ego, Zorro, started wearing a mask to conceal the fact that he had big ears. This delicious detail from Isabel Allendes retelling of the legend tells a lot about the story in which she, as narrator, is not afraid to laugh at the hero and he is not afraid to laugh at himself.

St Michael's Cathedral's decision to build an international hotel on surplus land looks set to pay big dividends, with rental income to pay for costly church repairs and free up funds for new ministries.

Who says two wrongs dont make a right? Vaucluse Anglican had the handicap of a disused backyard, gone to seed; the Cranbrook School, a pre-school without a play area. But combining their problems has created new opportunities for the gospel.

Tony Clemens' position as a senior partner with accounting giant Pricewaterhouse Coopers requires he maintains a certain decorum, but talking about witnessing at work is enough to make him positively giddy.

Missionaries Max and Hanna Collison wanted to provide the poor of Kenya with something better than a short-term solution to their medical and spiritual crisis.