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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

I thought you might enjoy this quote from Eugene Peterson in full: "Worship is a meeting at the centre so that our lives are centred in...