I must say as the parent of a child mercilessly bullied at a sought after local school by a group of much bigger boys, I found the...

Opito Bay panorama 2016 Our national PCANZ moderator Rt. Rev. Hamish Galloway reminds us it is Peace Sunday this week. As I continue to...

That'll teach me for talking about abundance last week. This week I have an abundance of cold symptoms. I also have an abundance of RAT...

Piha panorama It seems funny to be speaking of abundance in a winter that we already want to see the back of, with hospitals at breaking...

Looking North-West, Wenderholm Regional Park The teacher in the book of Ecclesiastes writes: What do people really get for all their hard...

Blurred cityscape from Sulphur Bay, Northcote Point, 4th July 2022 Hoping for a clear view of the city last night on my run, instead I...

Te Rau Puriri Regional Park with table Amazingly it is July already! How did that happen? I went to my first full 'in person' Presbytery...

Lorinda Pereira speaking on YouTube shares her Hokianga/Ngā Puhi perspective on Matariki (Puanga): "Matariki to me is a point in time...

Waitangi Waterfall after heavy rain, Omeru Reserve, Highway 16 If you've ever rafted over a waterfall you know there is really not much...

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...

Muriwai - land, sea and sky The psalmist declares: The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork....

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...

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...

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...

From Webb's Creek Track, Coromandel My brother reports from Napier that my parents often return to stories from France, where we briefly...

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...

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...

The walking trails of Waiheke Island are generally well marked, skirting vineyards, utilising berms and ducking into patches of native...

As with many things partly dismantled by the Covid season, the approach to Easter this year seems a little hurried, as if the long...

Panorama from Mt. Karangahake Exodus chapter 25 describes in detail God's instruction to Moses as to the construction of a sanctuary, a...