I was invited as a VIP guest to the Hutt City Sports Awards last night 1,500 people were in attendance. It was a black-tie event and had all the glitz and glamour complete with Wellington Orchestra, Signature choir, dances and singing trio who entertained us all...

I hosted the monthly “inner-city” ministers’ luncheon yesterday. We had eight people from the Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist church attend. The first to arrive was a “pastor” from the Baptist church, he told me that he was a pastor in one of the Southern...

Another lovely day in the capital.  I’ve just returned from chaplain’s assembly at Queen Margaret’s College.  It was a live-stream service led by Rev Deborah Wilson the chaplain in which girls participated with readings and prayers.  The theme was Mother’s Day.  I...

I have just finished reading Very Rev John Murray’s notes on his time as minister of St. Andrew’s on the Terrace from 1975 to 1993. An amazing vision for an inclusive city church. 29 years later I sit writing this as the newest minister of St. Andrew’s on the Terrace....

E News 22 April 2022 Well, it’s another long weekend in honour of ANZAC. The closest experience I had to do with war was in the United Kingdom in 1995. I had the privilege of being invited to preach the sermon at the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the United...