Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash A faithful Christian might consider the call to prayer ubiquitous, all encompassing, something that...

Easter, the point at which the whole Christian world turns, the watershed of history. Or just another long weekend? I don't feel I have...

Photo by Adrien Bruneau on Unsplash The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines stigma quite fully and variously, literally meaning; 'a mark...

Downtown Yangon, yesterday or the day before. It is both helpful and alarming to have friends with close contacts in Myanmar. The news we...

Yesterday evening we had our running club committee meeting at the pub, because the council staff room we use since our clubrooms were...

On Saturday I returned to gnaw on the bone that is the Coastal Challenge 17km race from Brown's Bay along the beach to Devonport. It is...

Superglue is one of my favourite products. Why? Because I have had notable success with it in lengthening the useful lifespan of so many...

adjective adjective: bipolar; adjective: bi-polar 1. having or relating to two poles or extremities. e.g.: "a sharply bipolar division of...

I was plotting some clever segue from the title of the song Tiptoe through the tulips to the parody title Tiptoe through the true bits,...

I know last year my friend and former colleague the Rev. Dr. David Clark MP was castigated for his Covid rule-breaking as the minister of...

The last week or two I have experienced pain in my lower back and legs – knee, Achilles, upper hamstring etc. In several cases these...

Trump used the metaphor of 'draining the swamp' upon his shock, triumphant arrival on the Washington DC political scene four years ago....

A dedicated team led by Philippa and her gardening expert friend Kate waged war today on the manse garden, which (alarmingly) contained a...

Greetings to you all, hoping you have had a pleasant Christmas and New Year time with safe travels and uplifting times with family and...

Dear friends, I sigh as I once again realize Christmas has caught me by surprise as it always does. My family chide me for being an...

Sunday December 27th at 10am Browns Bay Presbyterian Church 45 Anzac Road Browns Bay Joining together with the churches on the Shore....

I apologise if several layers of thought coalesce into one stream here. It is the week when the electoral college of the United States...

On Sunday we acknowledge and celebrate the finale for children's ministry in our church for 2020. It's a bit different this year as the...

Twelve colourful stone foundations for the walls of the New Jerusalem —detail of painting by Joan C. Thomson Last week on Sunday we spent...

#1 - the first 23km Psalm 104:3 'you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the...