Soul Food - Pastor's Pen for 28th May 2023
Lake Pupuke Autumn - hallelujah it's not raining! You know that getting out in the fresh air on foot or on a bike feeds my soul (spot the...
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- May 18
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Praying in the City - Pastor's Pen for 21st May 2023
CBD from Birkenhead Wharf, late Autumn The lights of the city and bridge look warm, yet the harbour is cold and uninviting (I guess)....
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- May 1
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In my Father's House - Pastor's Pen for 7th May 2023
Orewa campground in dawn light Warm light has a way of inviting further investigation, speaks of hospitality and comfort as it cuts...
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- Apr 27
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Dawn Service - Pastor's Pen for 30th April 2023
I suppose I questioned my life choices having to get up for the Brown's Bay ANZAC dawn service I agreed to officiate at on Tuesday 25th....
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- Apr 17
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"What things?" - pastor's pen for 23rd April 2023
Road at Ngataringa fields In the post-Easter season, the church revisits the resurrected appearances of Jesus, as recorded in scripture....
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- Apr 14
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Belonging - Pastor's pen for 16th April
Mostly humans do better when they belong to something. There is something healthy about being in relation to other people, although some...
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- Apr 4
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For there is nothing hidden - Pastor's Pen for Easter Sunday 9th April 2023
Historic lino uncovered by renovations at Hillsborough manse 2016 The above photo popped up in my memories. Peel back the old lino to...
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- Mar 28
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Gethsemane - Pastor's Pen for 2nd April 2023
They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’ He took with him Peter and James and...
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- Mar 23
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Returning, restoring - Pastor's Pen for 26th March 2023
Granny's Bay, Long Bay Regional Park, March 2023 A major slip closed the track out to the end of Long Bay Regional Park during the...
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- Mar 15
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A Man Born Blind - Pastor's Pen for 19th March 2023
"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" So asked Jesus' disciples as they passed a blind man in the street....
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- Mar 8
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"How can these things be?" Pastor's Pen for 12th March 2023
Rainbow and Cabbage Tree, Forrest Hill John 3 introduces us to Nicodemus, a teacher in the Jewish community, a Pharisee, who comes to...
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- Feb 27
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Wilderness - Pastor's Pen for 5th March 2023
Peaceful skies looking North from Narrow Neck, Feb 27th 2023 I'm enjoying engaging with Lent this year, especially meeting together for...
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- Feb 20
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Déjà vu - Pastor's Pen for 26th February 2023
Rangitoto in a summery mood from Forrest Hill Thankfully the talkback chatter moaning that we had all gone soft for closing schools last...
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- Feb 13
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Anchor - Pastor's Pen for Sunday 19th Feb 2023
Peaceful skies in Forrest Hill before the weather craps out again 10/02/23 I write this on Monday afternoon, as Cyclone Gabrielle lurks...
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- Feb 9
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After the flood - Pastor's Pen for 12th Feb 2023
Evening clear skies from Forrest Hill towards the city I write this after the massive earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria which has...
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- Feb 2
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Rooted - Pastor's Pen for 5th February 2023
I'm thankful that on Friday night at the manse a small wet patch in the garage due to poor exterior drainage was the sum total of water...
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- Jan 23
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'Guide her in the nation's van' - Pastor's Pen for 29th January 2023
Yesterday at our final combined service for January at Glenfield Community Church, we sang the National Anthem as part of our worship,...
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- Jan 9
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Pastor's Pen for 15th January 2023 - 'a small but stubborn fire'
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the musical movie version of Roald Dahl's Matilda which has recently come to Netflix. As with a...
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- Dec 20, 2022
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January 2023 Combined services with hosting shared around the local churches
Combined Services January 2023: 1st January at 10am: Mairangi & Castor Bays Presbyterian Church 10 Penzance Road, Mairangi Bay 0630 8th...
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- Dec 20, 2022
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Redeeming the time - Pastor's Pen for 25th December 2022
Torpedo Bay, Devonport, from the clock Apostle Paul urges the Ephesians; 'Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,...
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