The Half Empty/Half Full Glass of 2010
2010. It’s done and dusted now. I can’t work out whether I’m glad to see the last of it or full of gratitude for having survived it. To be honest there’s a little bit of both sentiments swirling around my emotions. 2010 has been a challenge. At times it’s been a real struggle. Don’t get [...]
Money and Power
“…money is not willing to rest contented in its proper place alongside other things we value. No, it must have supremacy. It must crowd out all else.” Richard Foster It’s 1756. A 12-year-old Jewish boy takes a job at a bank in Hanover, Germany. Young Mayer surprises. He has abilities and ambition in generous quantities [...]
Jesus and the Collaborative Rule of God
Chris Marshall Jesus promised the kingdom of God, French biblical scholar Alfred Loisy famously quipped at the turn of last century, and what we got was the church! In saying this Loisy was actually making a comment on Jesus’ eschatological outlook. He was suggesting that the historical Jesus never expected the church or the church [...]
I’ve been ruminating about….gratitude
I met her at our annual high school prizegiving. We were sipping wine in the Principal’s office before the ceremony, so I introduced myself as a board member and then inquired in what capacity she was there. And so began her story. She had traveled down from Auckland especially for the occasion, to present a [...]
Welcoming Displaced Children
Olympia Jetson was a bright young eleven year old girl. However, she and her half-sister Saliel carried some dark secrets. They lived most of their short lives with their mother and step-father in the Manawatu. On December 3, 2001 they were stabbed with a knife while sleeping, by their step-dad, Bruce Howse. Both girls died [...]
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