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…
Opinion
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…
Naming the God Image
To love someone is not first of all to do things for them, but to reveal to them their beauty and value, to say to them through our attitude: “You are …
Stop the hurting
When I was 15-years-old I was bulletproof. I had all the answers to all the questions and no one could tell me otherwise. In particular I knew how to r…
Ka tuu, ka rongo, ki te whakapono
At Hui 2017 we were reminded and challenged that some voices are not heard, or hardly heard, in our denomination. These are voices of the disenfranchis…