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Staycation - Pastor's Pen for Easter weekend 2024
Mairangi Bay, March 2024 In spite of various traffic mitigations over the years, Auckland's constantly growing population often makes...
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Mar 25, 20242 min read


Juggling - Pastor's Pen for 24th March 2024
The BBC reports a "growing number of people who practice joggling - a competitive sport that combines juggling with jogging..."...
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Mar 20, 20241 min read


Remedy - pastor's pen for 17th March 2024
Required to spend a whole week in Auckland Central recently for jury duty, I needed to find relief from the grind of sitting in a...
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Mar 12, 20242 min read


Noise - Pastor's Pen for 10th March 2024
Monday: It's been a while since I got called for jury service. It's also novel to commute by bus for the first time in years. The bus...
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Mar 4, 20241 min read


Children's Day - Pastor's Pen for 3rd March 2024
It was very interesting to hear what was described by one journalist as the "new Government’s most important and ambitious speech of its...
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Feb 28, 20242 min read


Leadership - Pastor's Pen for 25th February 2024
Wairau Stream with channel markers I've been reflecting on leaders this week, leaders of nations and even just ordinary leaders. This...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read


Dust - Pastor's Pen for 18th Feb 2024
Dead tree, Schnapper Rock Rd. I went to an Ash Wednesday service today at St. Peters, Takapuna. I don't think I have ever been to one...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read


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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Feb 8, 20242 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 30, 20241 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 22, 20242 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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Jan 17, 20242 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, 20231 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 20, 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 11, 20232 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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Dec 6, 20231 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 29, 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 23, 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 15, 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 10, 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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Nov 1, 20232 min read
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