Feb 28, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau o Hato Anaru, I was lucky enough to walk just behind the queer young people leading the hikoi to the Out in the Park fair on Saturday. My children had been invited to be near the front of the hikoi so I went with them, “2,4,6,8 – don’t assume your...
Feb 21, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Last time I was in Dunedin, I visited the Smith Gallery in the Otago Settlers Museum. I found myself surrounded from floor to ceiling with portraits of hundreds of dour Scottish faces. These imposing patriarchs and matriarchs were settlers from pre 1865. This...
Feb 14, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Those of us of a certain age may well remember “The Seekers” – a music group that gave us songs like “Puff the magic dragon”. “There is a Season, Turn, turn, turn” and “The Times They are A’Changing”! The latter could well be a theme song for our world today. ...
Feb 7, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau, The demands of the gospel, while sound simple – to love others, to be peacemakers, to do justice; in fact are at times downright inconvenient, and at times feel impossible! In some ways the easiest ways to express our commitment to Jesus’...
