"Christmas is a particularly busy time of year in a non-secular sense for us because of various events we are involved in such as the carol services we'll be holding in schools.
"It is also significant that our increasingly bizarre ethos of political correctness is now being seen as an emperor without clothes."
The Rev John Chambers, of Ness Bank Church of Scotland, said membership figures in his church had been increasing steadily, which was encouraging, The Inverness Courier reports.
"People are definitely looking for something beyond what they can buy in the shops. Our special Christmas services are well attended. They are usually jam-packed with a lot of young people in the congregation," he explained.
"In recent years I have definitely seen a renewal of interest among young people, but we have to meet people half way without changing our message."
Fr Michael Savage, of St Mary's RC Church, Huntly Street, originally of Glasgow, said he had noticed a difference between the Highlands and some other areas in terms of spirituality.
He found in the Highlands that there was a lot more awareness of the place of faith in people's lives.
"I would also agree with the other members of the clergy who have said they have noticed an increase in the numbers of those attending church. In our case, the arrival of so many Polish people in the area has helped to swell the congregation," he said.
A similar picture was reported by the Rev Tom Urquhart, of Inverness Baptist Church who had noticed an increase in attendance and membership over the last two years, due partly to East European communities.
"An encouraging work for us has been teaching English to the East Europeans in classes held in the church. We wanted to reach out to show them care and some have responded by coming to our services," he explained.
"As far as the young are concerned, we have an encouraging youth club on a Thursday night with around 20 attending, and I can say there is definitely a searching among young people."
