Kiwi Thanksgiving
During the times we have lived in Canada, Jill and I have really enjoyed celebrating both Canadian and American Thanksgiving meals with friends and neighbours. It has often struck us that we Kiwis could benefit a great deal from incorporating a Thanksgiving celebration into our annual calendar. This year we finally got around to organising [...]
Pondering the Christchurch Earthquake
It has been two and a half weeks since the earthquake – it feels like a lifetime and another world! Some of us have been really busy just coping. Others of us have been really busy helping others and we are now exhausted. Many of us haven’t had a chance to sit down and reflect [...]
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 [...]
Prayers for Community Life and Service
Sometimes we don’t know how to pray. Our minds are a maze, our hearts a menagerie of emotions. In such times – particularly when we are gathered with others – we could all do with a little help. Christians have been praying for two millennia and most of the collective prayers have been prepared ones [...]
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 [...]
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