Martin's Bay The Jews of Jesus' time no doubt saw the religion of the Samaritans as syncretistic and therefore an abomination to them,...

High tide at Campbell's Bay The Psalmist, singing of the greatness of God, proclaims; "In his hand are the depths of the earth; the...

Lake Rotorua panorama Aug 2025 The aphorism "a change is as good as a rest" seems to hold true. It was restorative to get away the last...

Centennial Park Panorama I was having a personal prayer time and singing a song from 1979; He Has Brought Us This Far By His Grace. I...

View from the Exercycle on a wet and windy day I thought of the U2 song Running to Stand Still the other day as I was sitting on my...

Blurred Cityscape The word Zeal comes up in the reading from John 2 this week, traced back to Psalm 69; "Zeal for your house will consume...

The wedding at Cana we find in John chapter two, must surely get us thinking about hospitality, and hopefully the abundance and...

Part of my library The late poet, Brian Turner, wrote about libraries; "From every shelf there's a ticking, a pulse, respect for the...

Centennial Park in winter light, June 2025 I run bush loops through Centennial Park, multiple loops because it's not big enough with just...

Canopy Walkway, Hatea, Whangarei This morning, on her Facebook page, journalist Hilary Barry posted a nice nature/beach photo with the...

Lake Pupuke in winter twilight, June 2025 Maurice Gee, one of New Zealand's most respected novelists, died last Thursday, aged 93. I own...

Piha, June 2025, © Fiona Fey I've been thinking about the importance of human connection just lately. There's nothing like constructive...

Waihi Beach from forest loop track Last Friday I ran the forest loop behind Waihi Beach. ' Ran ' is probably something of an optimistic...

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...

Jenny and Bruce Eirena Today you will hear and experience stories of hope through drama and song. Bruce and Jenny Eirena, serving with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...