It is early Sunday morning here at Hawarden in the heart of the drought-stricken Hurunui district. Apart from a few hours of periodic drizzle throughout 2014 there has...
drought
rain for our roots
There is never a dull moment as a priest living parish life, especially on a Hurunui Sunday. It is now just after 2 on a Sunday afternoon and I am back at Hawarden...
rain
Here in the Hurunui district of Canterbury, the Good Shepherd parish is suffering a lack of rain. By the end of every February into March, the end of the New Zealand...
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come & go
I like that. The world as the theatre of human history, that is, the world as the place where God and people meet and live together.
no & yes
When the angel left Mary, the challenges and problems of this new era of her life had just begun.
highway for God
Unbridled ambition is problematic and resentment is exhausting. Love, generosity and forgiveness really is foundational,
by rote
Rote learning was a norm in my primary school days, repetition of the times tables, two times two equals four, three times two
so simple
So simple that children who naturally and naively live with open eyes and ears get it, when we adults too often miss the point.