Remember - Pastor's Pen for 11th February 2024
Abandoned Cottage, Meeanee, Hawkes Bay Earlier this week, on the occasion of my mother's 80th birthday, I had cause to remember what my...
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Jan 301 min read
Renew - Pastor's Pen for February 4th 2024
Scandrett's Bay Panorama, Mahurangi This weekend I'll be in Napier celebrating my Mum's 80th with family, and Lorna will be preaching....
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Jan 222 min read
Adapt - Pastor's Pen for 28th January 2024
Before sunrise at Martin's Bay, January 2024 I'm glad to live in a temperate climate in which you can exercise outdoors most of the year...
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Jan 172 min read
Stepping into what God has for us - Pastor's Pen for 21st January 2024
Three main challenges currently confront the trail runners of the North Shore; storm damage from last summer, Kauri dieback trail...
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Dec 20, 20231 min read
Summer Combined services 2023-24
Just another reminder of our shared service organisation for this summer. As per our previous arrangements, any named offerings will be...
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Dec 20, 20232 min read
Signs of Summer - Pastor's Pen for 24th December 2023
Seine Rd. panorama with Pohutukawa The Pohutukawa seem particularly good this year, blooming as if in sync with Advent. Hopefully they...
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Dec 11, 20232 min read
Re-Potting - Pastor's Pen for 17th December 2023
Summer is often a time for cultivating tomatoes and various other plants. If summer returns to something resembling normal, I'll have to...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read
The Reason for the Season - Pastor's Pen for 10th December 2023
Advent begins and on a three year cycle just like that we are in year B, which focuses on the Gospel of Mark. You will know by now that...
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Nov 29, 20232 min read
Seasons - Pastor's Pen for 3rd December 2023
‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.'...
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Nov 23, 20232 min read
Take a break - Pastor's Pen for 26th Nov 2023
Lately, when I do a long run on my day off from Forrest Hill to Devonport and back, I stop somewhere in Devonport for a long black...
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Nov 15, 20232 min read
Small steps of faith - Pastor's Pen for 19th November 2023
I exited the dentist at noon on Monday with only half my face working, and having been instructed not to eat, drink or rinse for an hour....
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
Endings and Beginnings - Pastor's Pen for 12th November 2023
This week my bits and pieces of study leave comes to an end. The small matter of finishing the final essay for my supervision course...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
Living with Obstacles and Ambiguity - Pastor's Pen for November 5th 2023
I can see the mountain, and I might want to go there, but what obstacles are in my path that I have no knowledge of, and have not...
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Oct 24, 20232 min read
Come to the Quiet - Pastor's Pen for 29th October 2023
Is November really upon us? Soon it will be Christmas with all its busy-ness and chaos. This seat in the bush on a hairpin bend reminds...
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Oct 19, 20232 min read
With age, wisdom....Pastor's Pen for 22nd October 2023
My running club, being one of the oldest in Auckland, has some people who have been around for a while. We are not full of sprightly...
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Oct 11, 20232 min read
Shifting focus - Pastor's pen for 15th October 2023
City from Forrest Hill in evening light Oct 2023 There's a run I often do from home up to Forrest Hill and down into Centennial Park for...
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Oct 2, 20232 min read
General Assembly - Pastor's Pen for 8th October 2023
Tamaki River looking West from Farm Cove, Pakuranga It's difficult to summarise a General Assembly of the PCANZ due to the intensity of...
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Sep 28, 20231 min read
Reconnect - Pastor's Pen for 1st October 2023
Since Wednesday I've been at General Assembly which is being held at St Kentigern College in Pakuranga. I haven't been on the East side...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
What lies beneath - Pastor's pen for 24th September 2023
Sulphur Flats Lake Rotorua - Sept 2023 Rotorua is very beautiful in places, with idyllic lake settings and forest trails. Yet so often...
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Sep 12, 20232 min read
Walking in Light - Pastor's Pen for 17th September 2023
Westshore dawn panorama, Napier. August 2023 Darkness and light are powerful and pervasive biblical images. They speak to us often of the...
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