Baptisms
The first thing I look at when our statistics come out each year is our baptism figures. I don’t look at much else. I do this for two main reasons. …
Opinion
The power of the yoke
For her Hui address, our new President, Beulah Wood, drew messages from the remarkable biblical symbol of the yoke. This is an abbreviated version of h…
Health. It’s mental.
Agents of God’s presence with those who suffer New Zealand recently mourned the loss of 48-year-old Television New Zealand news presenter and journali…
C. S. Lewis, books and evangelism
For professional development through Carey’s Centre for Lifelong Learning this year, my cohorts and I have been reading through the works of C. S. Lewi…
I want it all, and I want it now
Many people would say that music is a window into our soul; so many messages are communicated through the gift music it’s no wonder the lyrics of songs…
A major modern means of mission
Mission is a word often used but it is not easy to find a concise definition of it, let alone one on which everyone can agree. Mission has many element…
From disillusionment to contentment
We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken And time’s forever …
Feet washing
I wash your feet, Not because I must but because I want to. Whether your feet are covered in corns, callouses, Grime or animal dung, Or step pristi…
Confessions of a Pastor
It’s a funny old life being a pastor in my context. I’m in a denomination that has a historical strength about the value of congregational governance, …
The lessons never stop
Have you ever noticed the divide between what you think and what you feel? As a pastor and youth worker, I have the privilege of walking alongside p…