It is four years this week since Pope Francis published his encyclical on the environment Be Praised addressed to “every person living on this planet.”
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following desire
In every moment, any human is motivated by attraction, or by resistance. Those who are beginners in life’s journey simply go with attraction and act against whatever they consider to be distasteful.
a new harmony
There is always a temptation to build “nests”, to cling to our little group, to the things and people we like, to resist all contamination. It is only a small step from a nest to a sect
Pentecost prep
It’s Pentecost this weekend. The presence of the Holy Spirit with us in every breath gives us hope in every daily decision
how to lose power
"The real question is not about how to gain power, but how to lose power" says Jean Vanier in this 3.5 minute clip. Then take note too what he says about meetings...
the wellbeing retreat
“Use your church for precisely what it is for, not as one more secular town venue among many, but as a sacred place, a prime place of encounter with Jesus Christ”
a good start
it is possible for an intelligent man, representing the people, to integrate faith and life in twenty-first century New Zealand
running
And this is a problem we share. We are all runners – running from God’s love, escaping the relationship in which we are most loved
a new church
Now that you have this beautiful church, use it! Use it for precisely what it is for, not as one more secular town venue among many, but as a sacred place, a prime place of encounter with Jesus Christ.
faith & freedom
Last week’s sacking of Australian Rugby star Israel Folau probably might signal a change in our New Zealand position of diversity of freedom and lifestyle
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the thin veil
How many of us have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live;
up a tree
Perhaps God is now too accessible for those of us who might prefer a distant and controllable God.
feasting the cross
The cross is not just a difficulty or an obstacle, but when carried through suffering to death, IS the pathway to life.
maturation
only by recognising one is loved do we at last enter into a truly mature, familial and free relationship with God.
Fathers’ Day
It’s Fathers’ Day today in New Zealand and Australia