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Wood for the trees - Pastor's pen for 6th July 2025
Centennial Park in winter light, June 2025 I run bush loops through Centennial Park, multiple loops because it's not big enough with just...
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Grace and Truth - Pastor's Pen for 29th June 2025
Canopy Walkway, Hatea, Whangarei This morning, on her Facebook page, journalist Hilary Barry posted a nice nature/beach photo with the...
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Jun 231 min read


Stories - Pastor's Pen for 22nd June 2025
Lake Pupuke in winter twilight, June 2025 Maurice Gee, one of New Zealand's most respected novelists, died last Thursday, aged 93. I own...
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Jun 162 min read


Connect - Pastor's Pen for 15th June 2025
Piha, June 2025, © Fiona Fey I've been thinking about the importance of human connection just lately. There's nothing like constructive...
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Jun 112 min read


Groaning - Pastor's Pen for 8th June 2025
Waihi Beach from forest loop track Last Friday I ran the forest loop behind Waihi Beach. ' Ran ' is probably something of an optimistic...
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Jun 52 min read


"Lord, teach us to pray..." Pastor's Pen for June 1st 2025
Sunset at Centennial Park This Sunday I'm preaching from Matthew 6: 5-14 with a sermon entitled How shall we pray? This is of course the...
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May 272 min read


Missions Month continued... - Pastor's Pen for 25th May 2025
Jenny and Bruce Eirena Today you will hear and experience stories of hope through drama and song. Bruce and Jenny Eirena, serving with...
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May 201 min read


Mothers' Day - Pastor's Pen for 11th May 2025
Mum at Nan's house in Manurewa, 1978 This weeks reading from Acts 9 got me thinking about Mother's Day I suppose. It concerns the...
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May 52 min read


Only human - Pastor's pen for 4th May 2025
The window frame pre-repair and painting does not look to be in good shape. It reminds me of myself, looking through smudged glass in a...
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Apr 292 min read


Come to the quiet - Pastor's Pen for 27th April 2025
Centennial Park On Wednesday morning I walked around Centennial Park, which is a bit of a bush oasis in the city. I had to pick my way a...
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Apr 232 min read


Through the Storm - Pastor's Pen for Easter Sunday 2025
A break in the storm, Ohope, 2019 I write this as Cyclone Tam whistles around the manse and church, from the midst of a storm. Power is...
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Apr 172 min read


Cloaks on the Road - Pastor's Pen for 13th April 2025
Evening palm tree, Forrest Hill This Sunday is often called 'Palm Sunday' and I have been known to organise a mob to parade through the...
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Apr 81 min read


Green Shoots - Pastor's Pen for 6th April 2025
Looking towards Manuka Reserve - Kaipatiki A colleague was talking to me about directions in ministry. There are so many things that...
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Apr 32 min read


The time is now - Pastor's Pen for 30th March 2025
Native Tree Cafe, Mangatarata Apostle Paul in the first letter to the church at Corinth writes; "So if you think you are standing, watch...
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Mar 241 min read


Contemplate - Pastor's Pen for 23rd March 2025
Driftwood seat, Vaughan Park I was determined to sit on the driftwood seat before leaving the minister's retreat at Vaughan Park, Long...
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Mar 192 min read


Redeemed and Restored - Pastor's pen for 16th March 2025
On Friday last week Tom and I made a trip to the refuse transfer station. Someone had dumped an old wardrobe on the church carpark,...
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Mar 91 min read


Spirit of Truth - Pastor's Pen for 9th March 2025
End of summer 2025 Speaking of the Holy Spirit, Jesus said; "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the...
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Mar 42 min read


Children's Day - Pastor's Pen for 2nd March 2025
Forrest Hill sunrise 25th February 2025 ©Fiona Every day is a new opportunity to be hopeful, and remember God's Spirit is guiding us in...
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Feb 262 min read


Time passes - Pastor's Pen for 23rd February 2025
The clock was a wedding gift for my maternal grandparents in the early 1930s and has been with my parents since my Gran's passing in...
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Feb 201 min read


Planted - Pastor's Pen for 16th February 2025
The vegetables, flowers and herbs we have just planted require regular evening watering in this summer heat. If we just left it up to the...
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Feb 121 min read
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