My Mum, spitting out bits of confetti, June 1964 Before the Rotorua marathon, I spent a couple of days at Mum and Dad's in Cambridge,...

"Jesus observed that the religious leaders of his day needed new eyes with which to see what was going on and new ears to hear what was...

5th May finds me at the tenth anniversary of my ordination to the ministry of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church of...

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash The holiday Monday after ANZAC Day saw most of the family involved in a vigorous session of...

Psalm 46 opens with the words; 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.' We experience our own small losses and...

Leave everything quietly to God my soul. God alone suffices. God is everything to me, my rock, my rescue, my refuge. For God alone my...

Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash A faithful Christian might consider the call to prayer ubiquitous, all encompassing, something that...

Easter, the point at which the whole Christian world turns, the watershed of history. Or just another long weekend? I don't feel I have...

Photo by Adrien Bruneau on Unsplash The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines stigma quite fully and variously, literally meaning; 'a mark...

Downtown Yangon, yesterday or the day before. It is both helpful and alarming to have friends with close contacts in Myanmar. The news we...

Yesterday evening we had our running club committee meeting at the pub, because the council staff room we use since our clubrooms were...

On 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...

Superglue is one of my favourite products. Why? Because I have had notable success with it in lengthening the useful lifespan of so many...

adjective adjective: bipolar; adjective: bi-polar 1. having or relating to two poles or extremities. e.g.: "a sharply bipolar division of...

I was plotting some clever segue from the title of the song Tiptoe through the tulips to the parody title Tiptoe through the true bits,...

I 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...

The last week or two I have experienced pain in my lower back and legs – knee, Achilles, upper hamstring etc. In several cases these...

Trump used the metaphor of 'draining the swamp' upon his shock, triumphant arrival on the Washington DC political scene four years ago....

A dedicated team led by Philippa and her gardening expert friend Kate waged war today on the manse garden, which (alarmingly) contained a...

Greetings to you all, hoping you have had a pleasant Christmas and New Year time with safe travels and uplifting times with family and...