Did you see that tweet from Franklin Graham on our inclusive sign outside our church?  Here is the link: Franklin Graham on Twitter: "I saw this sign at a church in Wellington, NZ, yesterday. God’s love & the Gospel have always been inclusive. Jesus Christ came to...

A couple of years ago in the lead up to Franklin Graham Touring New Zealand I was invited to a leaders breakfast as part of the planning process. Surprisingly, I went but more to be a fly on the wall than anything else. I met a few Samoan colleagues there. After the...

Back to reality after a glorious week on Yanuca Island in Fiji a mixture of rain and overcast on the first 3 days and then 3 wonderful sunny days to swim and lounge about. Fiji was the first time that I was able to see my nephew Lucas, his family and his mother –...

Hello everyone, How lovely it was to get together a couple of weeks ago and learn a little bit about how to prepare for death and dying, to share questions, learn something new and discuss some issues with each other. I'm sure many of us have had some fairly intense...

On Wednesday, I took the dogs to the Wainuomata dog park at 4pm and there were lots of small dogs there for Snoopy and Peanut to play with. Today we went at 5pm and although there were at least 10 big dogs in the big dog park my dogs had only each other to play with...

I was invited to the farewell for the Chief Executive for Ministry of Pacific Peoples Laulu Mac Leauanae Thursday afternoon 3-5.30pm at Pipitea Marae. I have had to think long and hard about logistics about going. Firstly, it is Thursdays in black and I’m wearing...