Minister5 days ago2 minPersistent - Pastor's Pen for 7th MarchOn 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 a...
MinisterFeb 212 minPastor's pen 28th Feb 2021 - SuperglueSuperglue is one of my favourite products. Why? Because I have had notable success with it in lengthening the useful lifespan of so many ...
MinisterFeb 142 minBipolar - pastor's pen for 21st Feb 2021adjective adjective: bipolar; adjective: bi-polar 1. having or relating to two poles or extremities. e.g.: "a sharply bipolar division of...
MinisterFeb 92 minTiptoeing through the true bits - Pastor's pen for 14th February 2021I was plotting some clever segue from the title of the song Tiptoe through the tulips to the parody title Tiptoe through the true bits, w...
MinisterFeb 12 minPastor's pen for 7th February 2021 - Parables of GraceI 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...
MinisterJan 272 minPastor's pen for 31st Jan 2020 - thankfulThe last week or two I have experienced pain in my lower back and legs – knee, Achilles, upper hamstring etc. In several cases these rel...
MinisterJan 202 minDraining the Swamp - Pastor's Pen for 24th January 2020Trump used the metaphor of 'draining the swamp' upon his shock, triumphant arrival on the Washington DC political scene four years ago. T...
MinisterJan 123 minUprooting the noxious weeds - Pastor's pen for 17th January 2021A dedicated team led by Philippa and her gardening expert friend Kate waged war today on the manse garden, which (alarmingly) contained a...
MinisterJan 72 minThanksgiving for another New Year - Pastor's pen for 10th January 2021Greetings to you all, hoping you have had a pleasant Christmas and New Year time with safe travels and uplifting times with family and fr...
MinisterDec 23, 20202 minExperiments in faith and life - Pastors pen for Christmas week 2020Dear 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 unlov...
MinisterDec 17, 20201 minJoining together with churches on the Shore - 2020-21Sunday December 27th at 10am Browns Bay Presbyterian Church 45 Anzac Road Browns Bay Joining together with the churches on the Shore. L...
MinisterDec 16, 20202 minA new name - Pastor's Pen for 20th December 2020I apologise if several layers of thought coalesce into one stream here. It is the week when the electoral college of the United States co...
MinisterDec 10, 20202 minWaiting for God's ways - Pastor's Pen for 13th Dec 2020On 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 a...
MinisterNov 30, 20202 minNew Jerusalem - Pastor's pen for 6th December 2020Twelve colourful stone foundations for the walls of the New Jerusalem —detail of painting by Joan C. Thomson Last week on Sunday we spent...
MinisterNov 23, 20202 minPastor's pen 29th Nov 2020 Running with the Psalms: a marathon in four parts#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 wing...
MinisterNov 18, 20202 minPastor's pen for 22nd November 2020 - Running with Jesus, and other prayers...I was talking to a colleague about the prayer practice of Ignatian Contemplation, which engages the imagination by focusing on a gospel s...
MinisterNov 11, 20202 minPastor's pen for 15th November - CostJesus, in Luke 14, asked the gathered crowd; 'For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost...
MinisterNov 4, 20202 minPastor's pen for 8th November 2020 - The art of not knowing what to do...I get discouraged with the tone of so many polarized debates online. Virtually every political, environmental, moral, religious, practica...
MinisterOct 27, 20203 minBandwagons - Pastor's pen for 1 Nov 2020As a young man I learned a valuable lesson about which wagons to get on board. For the only time in my life I had gone lame with a really...
MinisterOct 20, 20202 min'for the rest of us'.....Pastor's pen for 25th October 2020I found this gem of a book in a charity shop in Cambridge for a couple of bucks the other day; Evangelism for the Rest of Us: Sharing Chr...