I’ve been ruminating about…cellphones
So, the word has finally got out. I own a cellphone – again. After three and a half blissful years, I relented eighteen months ago. I went and bought one of the little devils. My $39 special is nothing flash. There’s not a lot that is particularly “smart” about it. But it is adequate for [...]
While you were sleeping
“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.” Psalm 3:5 It’s one of the “status games” I most detest. Like the “I’m just so incredibly busy” line, the “I survive on less than X hours of sleep a night” ploy is a popular past time – particularly amongst us males. [...]
I’ve been ruminating about…income inequality
A recent OECD report entitled Divided We Stand, has noted that the gap between New Zealand’s highest and lowest paid has widened more than in any other developed country during the past twenty years. New Zealand, which for decades was one of the most egalitarian of all societies in the world, is now in the [...]
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 [...]
Work, Worship and Warped perspectives
Most of us are dualists. If we lived in the early centuries of the Christian Church, we’d be condemned as heretics. Whoa! That’s a bright and breezy way to introduce an article. After that encouraging and affirming first statement you may decide not to bother reading on! Dualists? Heretics? What do you mean? Dualism is [...]
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