Tamaki River looking West from Farm Cove, Pakuranga It's difficult to summarise a General Assembly of the PCANZ due to the intensity of...

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...

Sulphur Flats Lake Rotorua - Sept 2023 Rotorua is very beautiful in places, with idyllic lake settings and forest trails. Yet so often...

Westshore dawn panorama, Napier. August 2023 Darkness and light are powerful and pervasive biblical images. They speak to us often of the...

A couple of times in the last week or so I've rescued an earthworm from the church driveway. Yesterday's lucky worm was a big juicy...

Napier Port from Westshore, Chilly August Morning Psalm 138 encourages me with the words; 'Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you...

Among the people I care most about there have been a considerable number of 'waiting room' experiences lately. Waiting for laboratory and...

Orewa Estuary August Morning The 1989 Depeche Mode electronica hit Personal Jesus was no doubt intended as a cynical sneer at those of...

Napier Waterfront August 2023 Marine Parade, Napier is not the place for swimming or walking on water, or any such personal aquatics....

In Acts chapter 16 we read; 'About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to...

Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries wrote; 'International Self-Care Day is marked on the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month each...

Rangitoto winter morning July 2023 I accidentally woke really early this morning (Tuesday) and seeing as things seemed clear and still...

Early 20th Century shops - Upper Queen St There are a group of Edwardian style shops in upper Queen St., dating from 1909 onwards....

The news of the world seems very uncertain at the moment. War and climate change all around, ram raids and crime waves in New Zealand. We...

Harbour Bridge with reflection, early morning As time goes on and age increases, I become more aware that knowledge is uncertain. I might...

I own a pretty fancy vacuum cleaner made by Dyson. It's called a V8 Animal which does sound rather aggressive and powerful. It certainly...

Mt Victoria, Devonport The cyclist occupies a space between pedestrian and motorist, although, as most vitriolic talk-back bike haters...

Centennial Park early winter morning light As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said...

Lake Pupuke Autumn - hallelujah it's not raining! You know that getting out in the fresh air on foot or on a bike feeds my soul (spot the...

CBD from Birkenhead Wharf, late Autumn The lights of the city and bridge look warm, yet the harbour is cold and uninviting (I guess)....