Archbishop David Moxon was until early last year the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Waikato, and one of the three primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New...
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rubbish day
Big news in Cheviot today - Rubbish collection has changed from Monday to Wednesday. Recycling day is now also Wednesday, so mid-week has become Cheviot's weekly...
papal apps
One of the Apps on my phone is a Pope Francis daily encouragement. You might guess that I'm a Francis fan, but before you get too excited, I became a papal fan and...
homily studio 2/2
I am not sure what is most helpful to put on this weekly "homily studio" posting. I am happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions. John Sunday 2 February, Presentation...
“my smilin face…
The Dr. Hook hit "Cover of the Rollin Stone"Â has been playing in my head since I heard this morning that Pope Francis has made it. Â Earlier in the day a media person...
gone to graveyards
Since this morning's news of the death of composer, performer, and promoter of peace Pete Seegar several of his well-known songs have been playing in my head: Where...
truth is stranger
"Truth is stranger than fiction." In 1963 Australian novelist Morris West published the novel "The Shoes of the Fisherman"Â the first novel of the West Trilogy that...
Christchurch 1974
Forty years ago this week the 1974 Commonwealth Games were underway in Christchurch. I was in my last year at primary school in that year, and in the first days of the...
internet & God
Pope Francis began his message earlier today for the World Day of Social Communications commenting: In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one...
hot careers
A Christchurch Press headline caught my attention this morning:Â "The Hottest Career paths for this year."Â I am a realist, so I didn't expect priesthood to rate in the...
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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.