The flow of unity - Pastor's Pen for 19th June 2022
Waitangi Waterfall after heavy rain, Omeru Reserve, Highway 16 If you've ever rafted over a waterfall you know there is really not much...
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Jun 8, 20222 min read
Can these bones live? Pastor's pen for 12th June 2022
Various promptings have led me to meditate on Ezekiel 37: 1-14 which of course is the prophecy in the valley of dry bones. The Lord moves...
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May 31, 20222 min read
God speaks - Pastor's pen for 5th June
Muriwai - land, sea and sky The psalmist declares: The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork....
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May 24, 20222 min read
Heaven's above? - Pastor's pen for 29th May 2022
Having been chewing on the idea for a preaching series on heaven for some time, here goes. It's not fully formed in my head, but I've got...
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May 20, 20222 min read
God's free market - Pastor's pen for 22nd May 2022
I’m sure we can all think of places we have travelled to where the market vendors were enthusiastically happy to promote their wares to...
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May 11, 20222 min read
Confessions of a hypochondriac - Pastor's Pen for 15th May 2022
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...
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May 4, 20222 min read
For Mother's Day - pastor's pen May 8th 2022
From Webb's Creek Track, Coromandel My brother reports from Napier that my parents often return to stories from France, where we briefly...
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Apr 27, 20222 min read
Reminders - pastor's pen for 1st May 2022
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...
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Apr 20, 20222 min read
Information and the misuse of power - pastor's pen for 24th April 2022
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...
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Apr 13, 20222 min read
The path to Easter - Pastor's pen for 17th April 2022
The walking trails of Waiheke Island are generally well marked, skirting vineyards, utilising berms and ducking into patches of native...
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Apr 7, 20222 min read
Approaching Easter - Pastor's pen 10th April 2022
As with many things partly dismantled by the Covid season, the approach to Easter this year seems a little hurried, as if the long...
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Mar 29, 20222 min read
Presence - Pastor's pen for 3rd April 2022
Panorama from Mt. Karangahake Exodus chapter 25 describes in detail God's instruction to Moses as to the construction of a sanctuary, a...
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Mar 25, 20222 min read
Thankful - Pastor's Pen for 27th March 2022
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...
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Mar 14, 20223 min read
Logistics - Pastor's pen for 20th March 2022
Container ship from Mt. Victoria, Devonport Logistics noun the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. "the...
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Mar 9, 20223 min read
'Look! I stand at the door and knock' - pastor's pen for 13th March 2022
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...
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Mar 2, 20222 min read
Pastor's pen for 6th March 2022 - Living in the body
Health sociologist Andrew Dickson wrote the following last week in response to the vaccine mandate protest in Wellington; "The 1980s in...
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Feb 22, 20222 min read
After the Storm - Pastor's Pen for 27th February 2022
Clouds over the Gulf, George Gair Reserve, Takapuna. We all experienced the grumpy cyclone winds and oppressive humidity a little while...
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Feb 16, 20222 min read
Grace for each day - pastor's pen for 20th Feb 2022
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...
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Feb 9, 20223 min read
Pastor's pen for 13th February 2022 - Choose your own adventure
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...
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Feb 3, 20222 min read
Beginning with Church - Pastor's pen for 6th February 2022
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...
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