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    Minister
    • 2 days ago
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    God's free market - Pastor's pen for 22nd May 2022

    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...

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    Minister
    • May 11
    • 2 min

    Confessions of a hypochondriac - Pastor's Pen for 15th May 2022

    Having not been sick with anything at all for a number of years it was a bit of a shock to come down with shingles last week, a quite...

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    Minister
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    For Mother's Day - pastor's pen May 8th 2022

    From Webb's Creek Track, Coromandel My brother reports from Napier that my parents often return to stories from France, where we briefly...

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    Minister
    • Apr 27
    • 2 min

    Reminders - pastor's pen for 1st May 2022

    Having lived something of a charmed life, I've never broken a bone in my fifty plus years. However, I do have a number of visible scars...

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    Minister
    • Apr 20
    • 2 min

    Information and the misuse of power - pastor's pen for 24th April 2022

    I read an interesting article today about Vladimir Putin and his war in the Business Insider. I quote: "Bad news doesn't filter up in...

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    Minister
    • Apr 12
    • 2 min

    The path to Easter - Pastor's pen for 17th April 2022

    The walking trails of Waiheke Island are generally well marked, skirting vineyards, utilising berms and ducking into patches of native...

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    Minister
    • Apr 6
    • 2 min

    Approaching Easter - Pastor's pen 10th April 2022

    As with many things partly dismantled by the Covid season, the approach to Easter this year seems a little hurried, as if the long...

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    Minister
    • Mar 29
    • 2 min

    Presence - Pastor's pen for 3rd April 2022

    Panorama from Mt. Karangahake Exodus chapter 25 describes in detail God's instruction to Moses as to the construction of a sanctuary, a...

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    Minister
    • Mar 24
    • 2 min

    Thankful - Pastor's Pen for 27th March 2022

    Bream Bay from Mt. Lion I was helping a friend move rental properties, from a run-down dump where the landlord clearly had no concept of...

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    Minister
    • Mar 14
    • 3 min

    Logistics - Pastor's pen for 20th March 2022

    Container ship from Mt. Victoria, Devonport Logistics noun the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. "the...

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    Minister
    • Mar 8
    • 3 min

    'Look! I stand at the door and knock' - pastor's pen for 13th March 2022

    The other morning at about 4.30am I had a dream. Or at least I thought I did. It was very brief yet decisive, and consisted of a firm...

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    Minister
    • Mar 2
    • 2 min

    Pastor's pen for 6th March 2022 - Living in the body

    Health sociologist Andrew Dickson wrote the following last week in response to the vaccine mandate protest in Wellington; "The 1980s in...

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    Minister
    • Feb 21
    • 2 min

    After the Storm - Pastor's Pen for 27th February 2022

    Clouds over the Gulf, George Gair Reserve, Takapuna. We all experienced the grumpy cyclone winds and oppressive humidity a little while...

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    Minister
    • Feb 16
    • 2 min

    Grace for each day - pastor's pen for 20th Feb 2022

    Forrest Hill sunrise 2022 ticks on and with each new day I suppose we see ourselves coming to the end of pandemic restrictions bit by...

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    Minister
    • Feb 8
    • 3 min

    Pastor's pen for 13th February 2022 - Choose your own adventure

    Quote on a park bench, Quinton Reserve, Bayswater On a bike ride yesterday, I found the above quote from Father Terry Dibble close to the...

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    Minister
    • Feb 2
    • 2 min

    Beginning with Church - Pastor's pen for 6th February 2022

    Opito Bay, taken about 6 years ago on a retreat between ministry at Hillsborough and Forrest Hill As we emerge from a hot summer into...

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    Minister
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    Pastor's pen for 30th January 2022 - being the Church

    Manse Garden panorama A panorama shot of the manse garden is a bit mind-bending, warping it out of its proper perspective. As we ride...

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    Minister
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Pastor's pen for 26th December 2021 - Stay-cation

    Long Bay morning light My observation of the Forrest Hill congregation is that a number of members are well traveled. It's a bit of a...

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    Minister
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Perspective - Pastor's Pen for 19th December 2021

    Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash In 1 Corinthians 8 Apostle Paul argues that love within the Christian community trumps knowledge....

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    Minister
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Timing - Pastor's Pen for 12th December 2021

    I saw a young man going for a lunchtime run the other day as I was driving. Nothing remarkable in that, except it was a very warm and...

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