During the last few weeks we have been discussing the rationale for a vaccine mandate. We want to protect all of our community, especially those who are immune-suppressed or vulnerable. Parish Council met last evening and agreed that St Andrew’s on The Terrace will...

On Tuesday – 10 days ago – I had an interesting experience which I have shared with some of you.  The train into Wellington was unusually  busy that morning,  I discovered that a lot of the passengers were on their way to a protest rally at noon. At lunchtime I went...

Currently the Justice select committee is hearing oral submissions on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill. Our Parish council submitted, and I spoke about the harm I experienced from these kinds of practices when I was a teenager. Back then (late 90s) the focus...

Thank you to those who were kind enough to give us some feed-back about last Sundays service, when Catriona and I had a conversation about our experiences of grief.  I think, for many of us, it brought back memories of people we have grieved for.  That isn’t a bad...

Sunday is “Hallowe’en” – shortened form of All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve – the evening before All Saints Day. It has its inevitable “Trick or Treat” theme which we imported from the United States. I am not sure I understand the meaning behind “Trick or Treat! I...