Guest pastor's pen for 8th August - Hidden treasure; by Steph...
I’m a country girl by nature. I grew up on the Thames Coast, both loving and taking for granted the NZ bush, clear starry skies and the...
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Aug 11, 20212 min read
In the interim....pastor's pen for 15th August 2021
Haumoana, looking towards Cape Kidnappers At Haumoana, it appears the sea is winning the arm wrestle for dominance over the land....
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Jul 31, 20213 min read
Guest pastor's pen for 1st August - 'Out of the mouths of babes...' by Jill Worrall
How many of us know what our Sunday School children learn from week to week? Perhaps we should catch them at morning tea and ask them...
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Jul 21, 20212 min read
The patience of God - Pastor's pen for 25th July 2021
Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let...
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Jul 11, 20212 min read
Pastor's Pen for 18th July 2021 - Listen
On Saturday night 10th July I made a snap decision to go and see Derek Lind (and band) at Kumeu live. I haven't made a habit of seeing...
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Jul 7, 20212 min read
Pastor's pen for 11th July - Hate Speech
Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash There has been a mild media flurry about a revision to existing Hate Speech laws proposed by the...
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Jun 29, 20212 min read
Pastor's Pen for 4th July - Building community.
It felt to me like a lot of community building activities on the weekend, aside from the usual stuff including morning church. I really...
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Jun 22, 20212 min read
Kindness - pastor's pen for 27th June 2021
Today I got to be a whānau support person in court for the very first time. I can see why it's important to have support as the whole...
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Jun 15, 20212 min read
Pastor's pen for 20th June 2021 - the fog lifts
Laps of Kainui Lake early in the morning began amid the disorientation of a low Waikato fog. Fortunately, no navigation was required as...
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Jun 9, 20213 min read
Pastor's pen 13th June 2021 - "What is that in your hand?"
Exodus chapter four finds God cajoling Moses into leading the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt and eventually to the promised land....
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
Pastor's pen 6th June - Spirit season
Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash Someone raised with me on Monday the interesting observation that in Revelation chapter 21 there is no...
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May 27, 20212 min read
Belonging - Pastor's pen for 30th May
Mostly humans do better when they belong to something. There is something healthy about being in relation to other people, although some...
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May 16, 20212 min read
Remembering - Pastor's pen for 23rd May 2021
My Mum, spitting out bits of confetti, June 1964 Before the Rotorua marathon, I spent a couple of days at Mum and Dad's in Cambridge,...
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May 12, 20212 min read
Pastor's pen for 16th May - mission and ministry
"Jesus observed that the religious leaders of his day needed new eyes with which to see what was going on and new ears to hear what was...
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May 3, 20213 min read
Pastor's pen for 8th May 2021 - Milestones and mixed blessings
5th May finds me at the tenth anniversary of my ordination to the ministry of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church of...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
De-clutter - Pastor's pen 2nd May 2021
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash The holiday Monday after ANZAC Day saw most of the family involved in a vigorous session of...
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Apr 21, 20212 min read
Pastor's Pen for 25th April - very present
Psalm 46 opens with the words; 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.' We experience our own small losses and...
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Apr 14, 20212 min read
God alone - Pastor's pen 18th April 2021
Leave everything quietly to God my soul. God alone suffices. God is everything to me, my rock, my rescue, my refuge. For God alone my...
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Apr 6, 20212 min read
Pastor's pen for 11th April - a Call to Prayer
Photo by Mike Labrum on Unsplash A faithful Christian might consider the call to prayer ubiquitous, all encompassing, something that...
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Apr 1, 20211 min read
Pastor's pen - Holy Week 2021
Easter, the point at which the whole Christian world turns, the watershed of history. Or just another long weekend? I don't feel I have...
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