“But how can this be” she asked. The answer was clear: “nothing is impossible for God.”

Zechariah knew about angels always bringing challenge or correction, so it’s only natural that he was nervous

The name is Emmanuel. And as the prophet Isaiah emphasises, this is the name which means God-is-with-us.

Then the fog which may have lifted for a moment in a day returns and settles as our dull default setting

She was nudging me to realise that my dissatisfaction with life as a good religious person was a healthy disquiet

And then I see a jet stream. I could easily dismiss it quickly as a plane going over head, or I could take time to consider…

Without Christ the best we can hope for is what we can achieve for ourselves.

Take a moment to consider the situations – and the people – that you have come to accept as impossible.

Growing up in small-city 1970’s Aotearoa we didn’t think much about music that might be considered serious and high-brow.