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...

Looking towards Manuka Reserve - Kaipatiki A colleague was talking to me about directions in ministry. There are so many things that...

Native Tree Cafe, Mangatarata Apostle Paul in the first letter to the church at Corinth writes; "So if you think you are standing, watch...

Driftwood seat, Vaughan Park I was determined to sit on the driftwood seat before leaving the minister's retreat at Vaughan Park, Long...

On Friday last week Tom and I made a trip to the refuse transfer station. Someone had dumped an old wardrobe on the church carpark,...

End of summer 2025 Speaking of the Holy Spirit, Jesus said; "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the...

Forrest Hill sunrise 25th February 2025 ©Fiona Every day is a new opportunity to be hopeful, and remember God's Spirit is guiding us in...

The clock was a wedding gift for my maternal grandparents in the early 1930s and has been with my parents since my Gran's passing in...

The vegetables, flowers and herbs we have just planted require regular evening watering in this summer heat. If we just left it up to the...

Garden snapshot, 4th February 2025 The Hibiscus takes centre stage in this photo, recently treated to an application of chook and sheep...