MARK Bateman, speaking to 50 of us at a men's breakfast, told us that one day when struggling with the big questions of life he called out in desperation, 'God if you are real, show a way I can understand you'.

Some time later, Mark was driving a 22-wheeler semi-trailer down a steep descent leading into Adelaide.

Ahead was a dangerous corner which many a driver had come to grief on.

Mark had d...