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Making Sense of the Bible
One of the particularly nice things about the last year or so has been crossing paths with The Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Dean of Tikanga Pakeha at St John’s Theological College, Auckland. I’ve just...
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Prayer from St John of the Cross for Advent
The Father utters one Word, and that Word is his Son and he utters him for ever, in everlasting silence, and in silence the Spirit helps us hear him. Amen
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Whose Responsibility?
Understandably, there is a lot of commentary at the moment on the very sad news of the death of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse at King Edward VII Hospital who answered the prank call made by two DJs...
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Christmas Editorial 2012
Earlier this month I came across a very different Christmas card, quite unlike the many with red and green glitter, or snow, or reindeer. It was not even a typical nativity scene, with Joseph and Mary...
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
More from the incredibly talented team at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Auckland…. ‘Peace. This is the important thing that God told Jesus to tell the people.’
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What Stood Out in 2012
Being the slightly sentimental type, I’ve been thinking in the last few days about the experiences I enjoyed in 2012. I am sometimes a little slow to catch up, so there will be a few mentions in...
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What Stood Out in 2012 Part 2 – Food, Wine & Other Good Things
I really do wish I could cook well. Good food is one of my favourite things, especially alongside good wine, a palate for which is a compulsory pursuit of excellence for Anglican clergy, as I...
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Beauty Can Be Found In Many Places
Reblogged from Doohan It This Way: My attention was drawn to this project today and, having watched the YouTube clip, I felt compelled to share with you, gentle reader. To my mind it shows that beauty...
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Endings and Beginnings…
My final sermon in the parish of Forster Tuncurry, on Australia Day 2013 As some of you will be aware, because you have been kind enough to ask in the last few weeks, packing is not my favourite thing....
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The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Books
For those who, like me, are still finalising their Lenten reading: (With thanks to Andy Goodliff for compiling this list) 1983 The Truce of God by Rowan Williams 1988 Looking Before and After by Helen...
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Pentecost
With the drastic reduction in the amount of time I spend these days in a church building (or looking at a lectionary, for that matter), in the last few months, I haven’t been so aware of the church...
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The Widow of Zarephath
The account of Elijah’s journey to Zarephath has always been very significant to me, maybe because it is one of the stories that lodged in my imagination from the time I was in Sunday School. In an...
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Quite a year…
This time last year, I posted on what had stood out in that year… Good friends, food and wine featured prominently! While there have certainly been plenty of those savouring sorts of things in 2013, it...
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Making art and saving lives
A few months ago, I was given quite a remarkable gift – by far the most generous gift I have ever been given by someone I’m not related to, and even then, it may well still be at the top of the list. A...
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Gold in the Fault Lines
Last year, I came across this picture – or I guess I came across this idea. I thought about it a lot, and I still do, which is why there’s a copy in my office now. I don’t have very many conversations...
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The Wonder of a Bookshelf
“Isn’t it odd how much fatter a book gets when you’ve read it several times?”… “As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells…and then, when you...
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Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage? You Poor Sad Thing.
Like many people, I’ve had more than a passing interest in the public dialogue on same-sex marriage as it has increased in the last few months. Most of us will have at least a few family members,...
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The Very Hard Work of Standing Still
A little while ago, over a wee dram of single malt (Glenfarclas, in honour of my Speyside clan, of course), I thought I might read up a bit on a little family history. Out of a fantastic story about...
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
More from the incredibly talented team at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Auckland…. ‘Peace. This is the important thing that God told Jesus to tell the people.’
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What Stood Out in 2012 Part 2 – Food, Wine & Other Good Things
I really do wish I could cook well. Good food is one of my favourite things, especially alongside good wine, a palate for which is a compulsory pursuit of excellence for Anglican clergy, as I...
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