Harvested valley from Trig Rd., Riverhead Forest The road out of the Covid time for the churches is a stony one. Things that once seemed...

I watched with interest the funeral of Queen Elizabeth ll yesterday evening. It's funny what you think of as you watch. What happens if...

Changing, moving city last night The late David Bowie sang; I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream Of warm...

There's this company who show up with their photographers at a lot of the trail races I do called Photos4sale. They've got this great...

It's sobering as we mark the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev to see the latest Russian administration doing all within its power to erase...

Lion Rock ⓒ Fiona Sherwin 2022 Many churches at face value are facing a time of uncertainty, and each denomination and congregation with...

On Sunday we heard from Eve a testimony of healing prayer for her friend Juliet living with cancer. Let us continue in prayer for her....

I must say as the parent of a child mercilessly bullied at a sought after local school by a group of much bigger boys, I found the...

Opito Bay panorama 2016 Our national PCANZ moderator Rt. Rev. Hamish Galloway reminds us it is Peace Sunday this week. As I continue to...

That'll teach me for talking about abundance last week. This week I have an abundance of cold symptoms. I also have an abundance of RAT...

Piha panorama It seems funny to be speaking of abundance in a winter that we already want to see the back of, with hospitals at breaking...

Looking North-West, Wenderholm Regional Park The teacher in the book of Ecclesiastes writes: What do people really get for all their hard...

Blurred cityscape from Sulphur Bay, Northcote Point, 4th July 2022 Hoping for a clear view of the city last night on my run, instead I...

Te Rau Puriri Regional Park with table Amazingly it is July already! How did that happen? I went to my first full 'in person' Presbytery...

Lorinda Pereira speaking on YouTube shares her Hokianga/Ngā Puhi perspective on Matariki (Puanga): "Matariki to me is a point in time...

Waitangi Waterfall after heavy rain, Omeru Reserve, Highway 16 If you've ever rafted over a waterfall you know there is really not much...

Various promptings have led me to meditate on Ezekiel 37: 1-14 which of course is the prophecy in the valley of dry bones. The Lord moves...

Muriwai - land, sea and sky The psalmist declares: The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork....

Having been chewing on the idea for a preaching series on heaven for some time, here goes. It's not fully formed in my head, but I've got...

I’m sure we can all think of places we have travelled to where the market vendors were enthusiastically happy to promote their wares to...