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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...